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The Expulsion from Paradise by the Angel: P.1701-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Expulsion from Paradise by the Angel
The Creation up to the Expulsion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bruyn, Nicolaes de
Designer: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Inscription in pencil on verso of print suggests that it was bought from John Gibbs, a mid nineteenth-century London print dealer (see Lugt 1081)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1590 CE - 1660 CE

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 132 mm Width 122 mm
Sheet Height 133 mm Width 123 mm

Techniques used in production

Stipple
Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: [tetragram]
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Fecit quoque Dominus Deus Adae et uxori ejus tunicas pelliceas, & induit eos. Ejecitq[ue]: Adam, & collocavit ante paradisum voluptatis Cherubin, & flammeum gladium ad custodienda[m] viam Ligni vitae, Gen. 3.
  • Location: In circular border around the image
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Merten de vos jn - N de Bruyn f
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 10
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Gibbs / Octr. 22 / 1841
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1701-1991
Primary reference Number: 83262
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 10 II/III
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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