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Adam et Eve

Print
pre-1573
Artist/Maker
Etienne Delaune (designed and engraved by)
Place of origin
France (made)

Etienne Delaune, 1 of 5 plates from a suite of 6 entitled Grotesques à Fond Noir, Sujets de L’Ancien Testament; a re-issue, by Delaune, of an earlier suite of the same name. French, pre-1573.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleAdam et Eve
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Etienne Delaune, 1 of 5 plates from a suite of 6 entitled Grotesques à Fond Noir, Sujets de L’Ancien Testament; a re-issue, by Delaune, of an earlier suite of the same name. French, pre-1573.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6cm
  • Length: 7.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: '.CVM.PRIVILEGIO.REGIS.'

  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'STEPHANVS.F.'

Bibliographic references
  • Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 434.
  • Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. II, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 290.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2234-1886

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O936104/adam-et-eve-print-etienne-delaune/
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