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The Fall of Man

The Fall of Man
(1580-1600)
plate 4 in The History of Adam and Eve, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp

Medium
engraving

Measurements
7.3 × 7.3 cm (circle) (image) 9.5 × 8.7 cm (image and text) 9.7 × 9.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 4; Hollstein (de Vos) 22

Inscription
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Vidit igitur nulier quia bonum esset lignum ad vescendum et pulchrum oculis, aspectuqƺ delectabile; et tulit de fructu illius, et comêdit, deditque viro suo, qui comêdit. Genesis III.
printed in ink l.l.: M. de Vos inuen.
printed in ink l.r.: Phts Galle excudit

Accession Number
1278.893.4-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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