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The Creation of Adam

The Creation of Adam
(1580-1600)
plate 1 in The History of Adam and Eve, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp

Medium
engraving
Measurements
7.2 × 7.2 cm (circle) (image) 9.2 × 8.6 cm (image and text) 9.8 × 9.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 1; Hollstein (de Vos) 19
Inscription
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Formauit igitur dominus Deus hominem de limo terræ, (decorative flourish) inspirauit in faciem eius spiraculum vitæ, et factus est homo in animam viuentem. Gen. II.
printed in ink l.l.: M. de Vos inuentor.
printed in ink l.r.: Phts Galle excudit.
Accession Number
1278.893.1-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display