PrintsNetherlandish16th-17th century

Death of the Virgin

before 1604

Artists

Hieronymus WierixArtist

Otto van VeenArtist after

Johannes Baptista VrintsPublisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on antique laid paper

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 29.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Eleanor A. Smyth, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1947

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