The Life of the First Parents
PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The Life of the First Parents

1575

Artists

Johann Sadeler IArtist
Chrispijn van den BroeckArtist after
Gerard de JodePublisher
Classification
Prints
Technique
Engraving
Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Culture
Netherlandish
Century
16th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.) plate: 19.8 x 26.7 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

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