The Fall of Man

1606

Jacob Matham, after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Jacob Matham

Artist, Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Jacob Matham

Publisher, Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows two naked figures, a man and a woman, both fully visible. The man stands on the left while the woman stands on the right. The man has curly hair and a muscular build. The woman has long wavy hair falling over her shoulders. The man is holding a leaf covering his groin and the woman is holding a fruit. Both figures are near a tree with a serpent coiled around it above their heads. Surrounding them on the ground are foliage and various animals including a snake, a lion, goats, and a dog lying beside a sheep. The background includes more animals, trees, and hills, depicted in detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.5 x 38.1 cm (11 1/4 x 15 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.562

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, May 10, 1973, lot 106); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 1, i/ii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Lena Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1, i/iii

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom left: Cum privil. Sa. Cae. M. / 1606; in image, at bottom centre: HGoltzius Inuentor; in image, at bottom right: I. Maetham sculptor et excud.

Wikidata ID

Q76557186

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