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Domicae Passionis Mysteria

Print
1580-1585 (published)
Artist/Maker
Marten De Vos (designer)
Anton II Wierix (Printmaker)
Eduard Van Hoeswinckel (Publisher)
Place of origin
Antwerp (published)

An engraving depicting Christ Crown with Thorns set within an ornamental border. The people are dressed in 16th century attire illustrating that the scene is set in the period contemporaneous to the artist. The border is decorated with plants and flowers including a strawberry plant and bluebells.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Christianity
Object type
Print
TitleDomicae Passionis Mysteria (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Anton Wierix II after Marten de Vos, Christ Crowned with Thorns, plate 9 from a series of twenty-two illustrating the life of Christ within ornamental borders, Flemish, about 1584
Physical description
An engraving depicting Christ Crown with Thorns set within an ornamental border. The people are dressed in 16th century attire illustrating that the scene is set in the period contemporaneous to the artist. The border is decorated with plants and flowers including a strawberry plant and bluebells.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 18.1cm
  • Cut to width: 14.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'Antoni Wierinx sculp - M. de Vos inuen. Edu ab Hoeswin excudit'
Credit line
Given by Col. D. H. Colnaghi
Production
2nd state.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Christ
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 2003-2004): vol. LX, no.193.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2663-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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