JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 1
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 2
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 3
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 4
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 5
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 6
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 7
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 8
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 9
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 10
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 11
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 12
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 13
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 14
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 15
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 16
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 17
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 18
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 19
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS) - photo 20

JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS)

Sold
$ 403 200
Auction dateClassic
26.01.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 888277
Lot 26 | JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS)
JOHANNES WIERIX (ANTWERP 1549-CIRCA 1620 BRUSSELS)

The Creation and Early History of Man in twenty scenes

signed ‘Johan Wiricx inve’ (with some variations)

pen and brown ink on vellum

3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (9.4 x 12.2 cm) each

(20)



Provenance

with Horatio Rodd (active 1798-1858), London (his catalogue, 1849 or 1850, no. 1440).

probably Sir Thomas Jeaffreson, Dullingham Hall and Denston Hall, Suffolk; Charles Boardman and son, Suffolk, 2 December 1987, lot 186.

with Richard Feigen & Co., New York (see Van de Velde’s publication cited below).



Literature

C. Van de Velde, Jan Wierix. The Creation and the Early History of Man, 1607-1608, London and New York, 1990.

K. Bellinger and H. Weinhold, Jan Wierix, 1549 - Antwerp - 1620. Nine Drawings from the Creation and the Early History of Man, cat., Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel, Munich, 1993, p. 5.

Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 2000, p. 172, under no. 70 (entry by S. Thomas).

European Master Drawings Unveiled. Van der Goes, Michelangelo, Van Goyen, Fragonard, and Other Masters from Belgian Collections, exhib. cat., Rotterdam, Kunsthal, 2002, p. 48, under no. 18 (entry by C. Kruyfhooft).

Hollstein’s Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, LIX, The Wierix Family. Part I, Rotterdam, 2003, p. 5, under nos. 1-21 (compiled by Z. van Ruyven-Zeman, with M. Leesberg).

Z. van Ruyven-Zeman, ‘“Stuckxken met de penne”: Drawings by the Engraver Johannes Wierix’, Master Drawings, XLII, no. 3, Autumn 2004, p. 241.

Drawings in Dialogue. Old Master through Modern. The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exhib. cat., Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 2006, p. 43, under no. 18 (entry by L. Markey).

N. Strasser, Dessins des écoles du Nord du XVe au XVIIIe siècle. Collection Jean Bonna, Geneva, 2013, p. 64, under no. 20.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
26.01.2023 – 26.01.2023
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.