2011.632: Mankind before the Flood

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

Permissions

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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).

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