print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1863,0725.668
Description: Scenes from the lives of Adam and Eve; from the creation (left foreground) to Abel's death (in the background). Various representations of Adam and Eve throughout the landscape setting, which is filled with a range of species, including lion, camel, elephant, stag, rabbit, monkey, leopard, etc. God the Father appearing in a cloud, top right corner. Illustration from Flavius Josephus, 'Opera', Frankfurt: Feyerabend, 1580. Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: Jost Amman; Published by: Sigmund Feierabend
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Production date: 1580
Production place: Published in: Frankfurt am Main
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Dimensions: Height: 274 millimetres; Width: 188 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1870,0625.17 for a hand-coloured impression. Acc. to Andresen the woodcut was also used in various Bible editions.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (VII.168.5) (Jost Amman); Andresen 1868 / Beiträge zur älteren niederdeutschen Kupferstichkunde des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts (I.211.25); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (IX.378.15)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: old testament; paradise; animal
Associated names: Illustration to: Josephus; Representation of: God; Representation of: Adam; Representation of: Eve; Representation of: Abel; Representation of: Cain
Associated places: Associated with: Paradise
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1863
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1863,0725.668

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