The Shield of Wisdom (Le Bouclier de la Sagesse)
The Shield of Wisdom (Le Bouclier de la Sagesse)
ca. 1577
engraving on paper
sheet: 14 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (36.83 x 41.2 cm)
Jan Wierix
(Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, 1549 - ca. 1618, Brussels, Belgium)
Engraver
Crispin van den Broeck, after
(Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium, 1523 - ca. 1591, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium)
CULTURE OR GROUP:
Flemish
OBJECT NAME:
engravings (prints)
CREDIT LINE:
Museum Purchase through the Robert and Sonia Carringer Art Acquisitions Fund
OBJECT NUMBER:
2016-1-1
IMAGE USE:
Open Access Image
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DIMENSIONS
- primary object, sheet: 14 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (36.83 x 41.28 cm)
- primary object, image: 11 x 16 in. (27.94 x 40.64 cm)
- sheet, sheet: 14 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (36.83 x 41.2 cm)
PORTFOLIO LIST
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