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The First Prohibition
(1580-1600)
plate 3 in The History of Adam and Eve, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp
Medium
engraving
Measurements
7.2 × 7.2 cm (circle) (image) 9.1 × 8.6 cm (image and text) 9.7 × 9.2 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 3; Hollstein (de Vos) 21
Inscription
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Ex omni ligno paradisi comede; de ligno autum sceientæ boni (decorative flourish) mali ne comedas. In quocunqƺ enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris. GeneII.
printed in ink l.l.: Marti. de Vos inuen.
printed in ink l.r.: Phts Galle excud.
Accession Number
1278.893.3-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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