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The Expulsion from Paradise

The Expulsion from Paradise
(1580-1600)
plate 6 in The History of Adam and Eve, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp

Medium
engraving

Measurements
7.2 × 7.2 cm (circle) (image) 9.2 × 8.7 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

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 6; Hollstein (de Vos) 24

Inscription
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Eiecitque Dominus Adam, (decorative flourish) collocauit ante paradisum voluptatis cherubim (decorative flourish) flammeum gladium atque versatilem, ad custodiendiam viam ligni vitæ. Gene. III.
printed in ink l.l.: Mart. de Vos inuen.
printed in ink l.r.: Phts Galle excudit.

Accession Number
1278.893.6-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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