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The Creation and Fall of Man

Print
1529 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving of Adam and Eve


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • The Creation and Fall of Man (series title)
  • Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving in ink on paper
Brief description
Engraving of Eve and Adam expelled from Paradise, from a series of six prints entitled The Creation and Fall of Man, by Lucas Hugensz van Leyden (called Lucas Jacobsz); 1529.
Physical description
Engraving of Adam and Eve
Dimensions
  • Height: in
  • Width: in
  • Height: 4.625in
  • Width: 6.5in
Contained in one of three volumes measuring 17 inches by 13 inches, containing 364 engravings
Credit line
Bequeathed by Eustace F. Bosanquet
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre Graveur. Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1854-1876.
  • The New Hollstein: Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700. Roosendaal. Koninklijke Van Poll in cooperation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1993-
  • Cornelis, Bart and Jan Piet Filedt Kok. The taste for Lucas van Leyden prints. In: Simiolus - Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 26: 1/2 (1998).
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1941, London: HMSO, 1954.
Collection
Accession number
E.49-1941

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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