Lamech, holding a farming implement, points at a child; down in the street, various acts of uninhibited licence go on. Engraving.

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Lamech, holding a farming implement, points at a child; down in the street, various acts of uninhibited licence go on. Engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. O.T. Genesis 5.28-9. The verse on the left paraphrases Genesis 5.29; the one on the right mentions the words of an unnamed grandfather to the effect that Cupid drives the population on a rack of propagation. Sheep ascend the hill while a ram below is encouraged by Cupid into sexual activity. The people dance, drink, play music and embrace. These are the doomed antediluvians; they are counterposed to Lamech and Noah's world of virtuous labour

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1 print : line engraving ; image 21.1 x 27.4 cm

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Lamech consilio praetans Noe protulit, illi/ Ferret ut auxilium et rebus solamen in arctis. Talia grandaeuus depromsit verba palato,/ Heu malus exagitat populum dirusq Cupido. Ioann. scalpt. Genes: 5 Bears number: VIII

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Wellcome Collection 15692i

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Jan Sadeler may be the engraver

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