De zondeval, anonymous, after Giulio Bonasone, after Michiel Coxie (I), 1558 - 1570

Title(s)

De zondeval

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1950-200

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch R1-copy
• Riggs 243

Inscriptions / marks

• address: ‘H Cock excud.’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Adam en Eva zitten onder de boom der kennis. Eva neemt de appel aan van de slang en geeft een appel aan Adam. Verschillende dieren zitten om hen heen. Linksachter is de verdrijving van het paar uit het paradijs te zien.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• publisher: Hieronymus Cock (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Cornelis Cort (rejected attribution)
• after print by: Giulio Bonasone (rejected attribution)
• after design by: Michiel Coxie (I) (rejected attribution)

Place

print maker: Southern Netherlands
publisher: Antwerp

Dating

1558 - 1570

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 255 mm

What

• Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her)
• an angel chases Adam and Eve out of paradise with a (flaming) sword
• monsters ~ snakes (+ head or (parts of) face)
• monkeys, apes

Acquisition

purchase 1950

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink (Manfred Stefan) , 1961-, Part III, p. 201, cat.nr. R1 copy
• Hieronymus Cock (1510-1570), Timothy Allan Riggs, p. 373, cat.nr. 243
• L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort graveur hollandais 1533-1578, J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, cat.nr. 2