A lavish picnic takes place in a forest landscape at lower left. In the centre, we see a peacock. On the right, a hunting scene plays. In the background is a a large river with a boat (Noah's ark?).
| Artist |
Adriaen Collaert
RKD
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| Title | The Depravity of Mankind before the Flood, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei |
| Date | ca. 1580 - 1584 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, below: HBol. inuent. / H C Fec: / S excud. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Cuncta ob peccatum, quanuis non sponte, creata / Sunt Vanitati obnoxia. / Omnis enim corrupta caro est. Deo at usque benigno / Inuentus eSt iuStus Noë / Rom 8 | |
| inscription on the reverse: 508 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NT |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NT |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11723/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F22
monkeys, apes
Iconclass
25F35(PEACOCK) ornamental birds: peacock Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 34B131 bird in a cage Iconclass 43B12 picnic, alfresco, 'dejeuner sur l'herbe' Iconclass 43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass 43C1112 hunt ~ mammals Iconclass 43C114 hunter Iconclass 43C1147 hunting dogs Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71B31 before the Flood (Genesis 6-7:4) Iconclass 71B311 the wickedness of mankind; the wicked are usually shown feasting and revelling Iconclass 71B33111 the ark ~ story of Noah Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. IV. Brun - Coques / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (205) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. III. Boekhorst - Brueghel / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (51) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. V. Cornelisz. - Dou / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 |
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