File:Three Beached Whales, 1577.jpg

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Johannes Wierix: Three Beached Whales   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Johannes Wierix  (circa 1549
date QS:P,+1549–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1615
date QS:P,+1615–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  wikidata:Q18152431
 
Johannes Wierix
Alternative names
Jan Wierix, Jan Wiericz; Johan Wiericz; Johan Wierix; Jan Wierx; Johan Wierx; Jan Wiricx; Johan Wiricx; Monogrammist IHW
Description Flemish printmaker, drawer, painter and miniaturist
Date of birth/death circa 1549
date QS:P,+1549-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1615
date QS:P,+1615-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period between circa 1569 and circa 1615
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1569-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1615-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
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artist QS:P170,Q18152431
Title
Three Beached Whales
Description
English: The print depicts stranded Sperm Whales at Ter Heyde, Netherlands.
Date 1577
date QS:P571,+1577-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print
Dimensions height: 22.20 mm (0.87 in); width: 30.50 mm (1.20 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,22.2U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,30.5U174789
institution QS:P195,Q1416890
Source/Photographer Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (dead link, archive).

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current03:29, 10 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 03:29, 10 February 20161,200 × 870 (345 KB)ArteGod (talk | contribs)sharper
18:18, 26 November 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:18, 26 November 20061,054 × 764 (584 KB)Mgiganteus (talk | contribs)''Three Beached Whales'', a 1577 engraving by Dutch artist Jan Wierix, depicts stranded Sperm Whales. Source: Ellis, R. 1994. ''Monsters of the Sea''. Robert Hale Ltd. {{PD-old}} Category:Sea monsters

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