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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.632
People
Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Dirck Barendsz., Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1534 - 1592 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Mankind before the Flood
Other Titles
Former Title: Sicut autem erat in diebus noe
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1600
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339722

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 34.8 x 45.3 cm (13 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved in plate, lower left: Theodor: Bernard: inventor. / Joannes Sadler scalps: / et excud: Antuerpiae
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: H264

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

Notes:
Robert Bradford Wheaton passed away in 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 264

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.632
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a companion piece to Jan Sadeler's print "Mankind Awaiting the Last Judgement" also after Dirck Barendsz. (Hollstein 265).

Verification Level

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