Adam en Eva na de zondeval, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, after Hans Holbein (II), 1651

Title(s)

Adam en Eva na de zondeval
Dodendans (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/30

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.186

Catalogue reference

• Pennington 235
• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1129-1(4)
• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1158

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Tweede prent uit een reeks van 30 dodendansprenten; met een omlijsting met Vader Tijd en Eeuwigheid.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Abraham van Diepenbeeck (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Hans Holbein (II)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1651

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 115 mm × width 95 mm × height 77 mm × width 55 mm

What

• Adam engaged in agricultural activities, Eve suckling the children
• Father Time, man with wings and scythe
• Eternity, 'Aeternitas'; 'Eternità','Eternità o Perpetuità' (Ripa)

Acquisition

unknown 2011

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, Part IV, p. 172, cat.nr. 1129
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 31, cat.nr. 235