The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.

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<p>Bible. O.T. Genesis 1.3-5. The head of God is haloed by a triangle, symbolising the Trinity. This is the only picture of God in this series to show a triangular halo. The rest are circular. The same design (without the halo) had been published ca. 1587 by Johann Sadeler after Maerten de Vos with the lettering " Prima haec dies. Aeterna lux potensque rerum conditor Lucem creat; serenus umbras disiicit. Pandit suae bonitatis aureos sinus Pius opifex; contra, tenebrarum fugat caliginem." (This is the first day. Eternal light and the powerful founder of the universe creates the light: in a clear sky he throws apart the shadows. The godly artificer opens up the golden containers of his goodness, and on the other side he routs the mists of darkness)</p>

The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.

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