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2 unusual facts about Wierix family


Wierix family

Nativity of Mary left rear, Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, foreground.

The British Museum has 44, including 19 illustrating the Book of Genesis, and a large composition of Diana surprised by Actaeon.


Cornelis van der Geest

Other works included in that view are Women at her toilet by Jan van Eyck, a still life by Frans Snyders, Ceres Mocked by Adam Elsheimer, Danaƫ by Van Haecht, Battle of the Amazons and a portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, Peasant Company with Woman making Pancakes by Pieter Aertsen, Apelles by Jan Wierix and a hunting scene by Jan Wildens.


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