Antoine Wiertz

1806–1865 · Romanticism

Antoine Joseph Wiertz was a Belgian painter, sculptor, lithographer and art writer. He is known for his religious, historical, allegorical works, and portraits. An eccentric figure, he was originally much influenced by the works of Peter Paul Rubens and Michelangelo.

28 paintings

• St. Cecilia (c. 1850)
• Auguste Blanqui (1856)
• Quasimodo (1839)
• The wait (1844)
• The rosebud (1864)
• Young sorceress (1857)
• Allegory with Skull (1824)
• Rosine at her Dressing Table (1847)
• The Angel of Evil (1839)
• A Giant of the Earth
• Two Young Girls or The Beautiful Rosine (1847)
• Esmeralda (1839)
• Hunger, Madness, Crime (or Famine, Madness, Crime) (1853)
• Coquette Dress (The Devil's Mirror) (1856)
• One second after the death (1855)
• Cannonfodder (1858)
• Concierge
• The Premature Burial (1854)
• Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head (1853)
• St. Cecilia (1850)
• The Philosopher (1850)
• The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus (1836)
• The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus (1806)
• Constant van den Nest, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
• Italiaanse vrouw (1834)
• Sketch
• Portrait of Maria Mertens (1860)
• Portret van Etienne Méhul (1900)