Jan (Johannes) Wierix
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1549–1615 Brussels
Jan (Johannes) Wierix belongs to the Netherlandish engraving tradition centered on Antwerp, where he was born in 1549 before working later in Brussels until his death in 1615. His prints engage biblical narrative through finely cut engraving, a technique that dominates the single sheet held in this archive: a third state of three of Adam and Eve, dated 1566. The collection thus preserves one impression from that early period, and the date recorded by the Met may also reflect later printings rather than only the year of the plate itself.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
