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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4852
People
Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Dirck Barendsz., Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1534 - 1592 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Mankind Before the Flood
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/241962

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR[verso]:"Masterpiece; Mankind surprised by the advent of the Deluge; see Bryan, see Nagler 141; 'Thus it was in the days of Noah--they eat, they drank to [sic], till the flood came and destroyed them all,'; first state, before the drapery, and before the date 1597."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
W 119, H 264

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4852
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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