# Hieronymous Wierix

Flemish, 1553–1619

Wierix belonged to a family of Antwerp engravers and worked alongside his brothers Johannes and Anton. Trained young, the brothers were remarkable for minute, precise burin work, and they produced great numbers of small devotional engravings for Catholic patrons, the Jesuits among them, during the Counter-Reformation. Their sheets of saints, virtues and scenes from the life of Christ circulated widely, reaching missions as far away as Asia and the Americas.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Title page, from The Seven Vices](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Fides, plate 1 from The Seven Virtues](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fides-plate-1-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271116), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Spes, plate 2 from The Seven Virtues](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spes-plate-2-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271117), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.