2011.613.4: The Creation of Adam
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.4
- People
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Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Chrispijn van den Broeck, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1524 - 1590/91 Antwerp)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- The Creation of Adam
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Story of the Creation of the World and Fall of Man
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1575
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342312
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 19 x 26.8 cm (7 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 4
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Exiguo fingit mortalia corpora limo, Materiam terra suppeditante, Deus. Genes. i.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Dieu crea l'homme a son Image. Il les creá á l'Image de Dieu; Il les crea masle è femelle. Gen. 1. 27.
- inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, left: JH[monogram] ƒ 3
- inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, right: Cris. iv
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- ii/iv
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein (de Jode) 6, Hollstein 68
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.613.4
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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