PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The First Era: Natural Law

16th century

Artists

Hieronymus WierixArtist

Maerten de VosArtist after

Pieter BaltensPublisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 22.8 x 27.6 cm (9 x 10 7/8 in.) sheet: 25.3 x 32.7 cm (9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2006

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