Flemish engraver Johannes Wierix came from a family of accomplished engravers, and used his art as much as he could to further the side of Catholicism in the seemingly interminable religious conflicts of his time. Here Wierix produced an engraving of a fellow artist who worked in the same medium as he, Johannes Baptista Vrints.
Johannes Baptista Vrints, c.1585, EngravingJohannes Wierix Flemish (1549 - 1620) |
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Flemish engraver Johannes Wierix came from a family of accomplished engravers, and used his art as much as he could to further the side of Catholicism in the seemingly interminable religious conflicts of his time. Here Wierix produced an engraving of a fellow artist who worked in the same medium as he, Johannes Baptista Vrints. |
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