Print of the Pieta with crucified female martyrs
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Title
Print of the Pieta with crucified female martyrs
Description
"Pieta' with crucified female martyrs; the Pieta' at centre; smaller scenes surrounding it: top centre: God the Father with angels distributing crowns; bottom centre: Christ leading a group of female Saints, carrying a cross over their shoulders; four female martyrs being crucified on either side."
Engraving
Height: Height: 161 millimetres
Width: Width: 103 millimetres
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription content: Lettered on image with names of the martyrs and 'Vulneratis est...nostra. Isa. 53.5'; signed: 'Hieronymus Wierix fecit et excudit' 'Cum Gratia et Privilegio Buschere'..
Engraving
Height: Height: 161 millimetres
Width: Width: 103 millimetres
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription content: Lettered on image with names of the martyrs and 'Vulneratis est...nostra. Isa. 53.5'; signed: 'Hieronymus Wierix fecit et excudit' 'Cum Gratia et Privilegio Buschere'..
Creator
Print made by: Hieronymus Wierix (Netherlandish)
Source
British Museum
acquired 1863
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1863-0509-641
acquired 1863
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1863-0509-641
Date
after 1609
Relation
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1291.II)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (1015)
Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (570)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1291.II)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (1015)
Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (570)
Collection
Citation
Print made by: Hieronymus Wierix (Netherlandish), “Print of the Pieta with crucified female martyrs,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/310.