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Hieronymus Wierix

Gluttony (Gula)

Description

Maker

Hieronymus Wierix (Flemish, ca. 1553-1619)
After Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537-1612)

Title

Gluttony (Gula)
from the series "The Seven Vices"

Year

before 1612

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 18.7 x 13.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Titled, UC:GVLA ; inscribed, LC:Attendite vobis ne fortè graventur corda vestra/in crapula & ebrietate . Luc. 21. ; numbered, LR:5

Marks: R.I.S.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso

Identification

State

only state

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

47.060.6

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Books

The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650

Renaissance engravings are objects of exquisite beauty and incomparable intricacy that are composed entirely of lines. Artists began using this intaglio process in Europe as early as 1430. This captivating catalogue focuses on the height of the medium, from 1480 to 1650, when engravers made dramatic and rapid visual changes to engraving technique as they responded to the demands of reproducing artworks in other media. The Brilliant Line follows these visual transformations and offers new insight into the special inventiveness and technical virtuosity of Renaissance and Baroque (Early Modern) engravers. The three essays discuss how engraving’s restrictive materials and the physical process of engraving informed its visual language; the context for the spread of particular engraving styles throughout Europe; and the interests, knowledge, and skills that Renaissance viewers applied when viewing and comparing engravings by style or school.

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line
Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
Sep 18, 2009 – Jan 03, 2010

Label copy

Hieronymus Wierix and his brothers Johannes and Anthonius were probably trained as goldsmiths before they began to engrave for Antwerp print publishers as well as the famed book publisher Christopher Plantin. While drawing upon the model of previous Antwerp engravers, Hieronymus and Johannes developed a particularly fine and delicate manner suited to portraiture and small illustrative works.

This one print from a set of seven depicting the Capital, or Deadly Sins. Such allegories were popular subjects for prints, plays, and tableaux in Antwerp. The close, portrait format and squat features challenge the serious content of the subject, even suggesting that some may have found humor in the works.

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Tombstone

Hieronymus Wierix (Flemish, ca. 1553-1619)
After Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537-1612)
Gluttony (Gula); from the series "The Seven Vices", before 1612
Engraving on light weight cream laid paper
Plate/Image: 18.7 x 13.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 47.060.6

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