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The Depravity of Mankind before the Flood, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei, ca. 1580 - 1584

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 208 x 247 mm
  • Inv. 2014-NT

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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
Antwerp ca. 1555 - 1560 - Antwerp 1618
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Hans Bol RKD
Mechelen 1534 - Amsterdam 1593
after

Sadeler
publisherAAT

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
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11723/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
25H landscapes Iconclass
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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