Mankind Before the Flood

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jan Sadeler, I

Title

Mankind Before the Flood

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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c. 1585–1600

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower left: "Theodor Bernard Amst. pinx Joannes Sadler aut scalp. et excud. Antuerpiae."; lower center: "1"; and below image: "Ut quondam tellus rapidis ... carpentes gaudia mensas."

Dimensions

Sheet: 34.6 × 45.1 cm (13 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Reference Number

2023.1201

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