s stand almost on a level.Where the signature is confined to the family name, it isimpossible to distinguish the work of one from another.The largest place among the engravings of the brothers THE BROTHERS WIERIX 141 Wierix is taken by their scenes from the New Testamentand the lives of the Saints,… … Fig. 64. Hendrick Goltzius : The Massacre of the Innocents (detail). and are usually set in an elegant oval. Hieronymus alsoundertook the engraving of life-sized heads, such as that ofHenriette dEtrangues, in which it is absolutely astonishinghow he managed to retain a harmonious effect…
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