Adam and Eve conceal their nakedness; in the distance they receive clothes from God. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

  • Broeck, Crispin van den, 1524-approximately 1591.
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Description

Bible. O.T. Genesis 3.7-9

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 19.1 x 26.8 cm

Lettering

Ad patris irati uocem formidine capti / Aufugiunt; culpam noscit uterq(ue) suam. Genes. c.3. v.9. Deus fecit ipsis tunicas pelliceas. Adam ubi es. Crispin. i(n)v. ; J. Haeyler. f. The sacred tetragrammaton, "Yahweh", is at the centre of the two circles. On the left the Latin means "God made them tunics of skin" and on the right, "Adam, where are you?". The bottom line reads: "filled with fear at the voice of the irate father, they flee, each recognising their guilt" Bears number: 4

Creator/production credits

"Haeyler oder Haedeler, Kupferstecher zu Amsterdam um 1570 . Er ätzte nach C . van Broeck u . a ."—G.K. Nagler, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, München: E.A. Fleischmann, 1835-1852, vol. 5, p. 501

Reference

Wellcome Collection 15594i

Notes

In sequence with Wellcome Library no. 15592i

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