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Quia audisti vocem vxoris tuae, & comedisti de ligno ex quo praeceperam tibi ne comederes, &c.,...
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Quia audisti vocem vxoris tuae, & comedisti de ligno ex quo praeceperam tibi ne comederes, &c., Gen. 3 H.B. i. [center plate] ; W.H. [center plate] ; Ab. à Dvpenbeché inu. [border] ; W. Hollar fecit [border].
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Folger copy
ART
Box
H737.5
no.23
pt.1a
(size
L)
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.
Title
Quia
audisti
vocem
vxoris
tuae
,
&
comedisti
de
ligno
ex
quo
praeceperam
tibi
ne
comederes
,
&c.
,
Gen
.
3
H.B
.
i
.
[center
plate]
;
W.H
.
[center
plate]
;
Ab
.
à
Dvpenbeché
inu
.
[border]
;
W
.
Hollar
fecit
[border]
.
Other title(s)
Quia
audisti
uocem
uxoris
tuae
,
&
comedisti
de
ligno
ex
quo
praeceperam
tibi
ne
comederes
,
&c.
,
Gen
.
3
;
Pennington
item
title
:
Garden
of
Eden
;
Pennington
set
title
:
Dance
of
death
Place of creation or publication
France-Paris.
Paris [France] :
Publisher
Chez
N
.
Pitau
,
rue
St
.
Jacques
proche
les
Mathurins
,
Date
[ca
.
1680]
Physical description
1
print
:
etching
;
exterior
platemark
115
x
93
mm
.
Notes
This
print
was
made
with
two
separate
plates
-
one
for the
central
scene
and
one
for the
decorative
border
.
–
While
published
around
1680
, the
plates
were
originally
made
in
1651
(see
introduction
to
Pennington
233-266
for a
history
of this
set
of
prints)
.
Published references
Pennington
,
R
.
Descriptive
catalogue
of the
etched
work
of
Wenceslaus
Hollar
,
233
(center
plate)
,
233A
(border)
Summary
Center
plate
:
Eve
sits
on
left
of a
tree
with an
apple
in her
left
hand
,
while
Adam
,
standing
on
right
,
plucks
an
apple
. The
serpent
entwined
in the
tree
has the
face
of a
young
man.--From
Pennington.;Border
: An
architectural
frame
with
two
bearded
old
men
as
caryatids
,
each
holding
a
large
orb
surmounted
by a
cross
and with a
string
of
jester's
bells
draped
over
it
. At
top
is
a
skull
and
hour-glass
, with a
small
boy
at
each
side
. At
bottom
is
a
skull
with
cross-bones
in the
center
and a
small
boy
with an
hour-glass
on
each
side.--Adapted
from
Pennington
.
Subject
Adam (Biblical figure), depicted.
Eve (Biblical figure), depicted.
Dance of death – 17th century, depicted.
Eden, depicted.
Tree of life, depicted.
Genre - Form
Prints – 17th century.
Emblems (allegorical pictures) – 17th century.
Associated name
Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675, artist.
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, artist.
Pitau, N., 17th cent., publisher.
OCLC number
657726717
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