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The Creation of Adam
(1580-1600)
plate 1 in The History of Adam and Eve, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp
Medium
engraving
Measurements
7.2 × 7.2 cm (circle) (image) 9.2 × 8.6 cm (image and text) 9.8 × 9.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 1; Hollstein (de Vos) 19
Inscription
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Formauit igitur dominus Deus hominem de limo terræ, (decorative flourish) inspirauit in faciem eius spiraculum vitæ, et factus est homo in animam viuentem. Gen. II.
printed in ink l.l.: M. de Vos inuentor.
printed in ink l.r.: Phts Galle excudit.
Accession Number
1278.893.1-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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