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The Fall of Man

The Fall of Man
(1580-1600)
plate 4 in The History of Adam and Eve, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp

Medium
engraving
Measurements
7.3 × 7.3 cm (circle) (image) 9.5 × 8.7 cm (image and text) 9.7 × 9.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 4; Hollstein (de Vos) 22
Inscription
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Vidit igitur nulier quia bonum esset lignum ad vescendum et pulchrum oculis, aspectuqƺ delectabile; et tulit de fructu illius, et comêdit, deditque viro suo, qui comêdit. Genesis III.
printed in ink l.l.: M. de Vos inuen.
printed in ink l.r.: Phts Galle excudit
Accession Number
1278.893.4-3
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