1586
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bernardin Realinus, Jesuit Priest is a 1586 ink by Hieronymus Wierix, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white engraving of an older man in a priest’s robe. He holds a pair of rosary beads and looks directly at you. The background is plain, but the top corners have symbols: "IHS" on the left and "MRA" on the right. The text below his name says he died in 1616 at age 86, which fits the Renaissance era’s style of detailed portraits. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like this carved images into metal plates.
Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is known for his reproductive engravings after the work of well-known local and foreign artists including Albrecht Dürer. Together with…
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