page_title: Jan Wierix
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Wierix
caption_attribution_description: English: The print depicts stranded Sperm Whales.
context_page_description: Jan Wierix or Johannes Wierix, was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He was a very accomplished engraver who made prints after his own designs as well as designs by local and foreign artists.
  Together with other members of the Wierix family of engravers he played an important role in spreading appreciation for Netherlandish art abroad as well as in creating art that supported the Catholic cause in the Southern Netherlands. Johannes Wierix is also known for his miniature pen drawings.
context_section_description: Jan Wierix or Johannes Wierix (1549 – ca. 1620), was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He was a very accomplished engraver who made prints after his own designs as well as designs by local and foreign artists.
  Together with other members of the Wierix family of engravers he played an important role in spreading appreciation for Netherlandish art abroad as well as in creating art that supported the Catholic cause in the Southern Netherlands.  Johannes Wierix is also known for his miniature pen drawings.
caption: Three beached whales, 1577
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