The Perniciousness of Men, 1586

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series Title

The Story of the Family of Seth

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 21.1 × 27.5 cm (8 5/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

sheet: 22.2 × 29.5 cm (8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ramon Osuna

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 37

Accession Number

2018.209.1

Artists / Makers

Jan Sadeler I (artist) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Maarten de Vos (artist after) Netherlandish, 1532 - 1603

Jan Sadeler I (publisher) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

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Inscription

top center in image: IX; lower left in image Joann: Sadeler auctor / et sculptor excud: Martin de Vos figuravit; lower center in image: Genesis capit: 6; lower center in plate: Creuit in immensum numeru miserabile vulgus, / Illicitos iungens thalamos, vetitosque hijmenaeos. / Nulla honor, cultusq; Dei pietasque remansit, / Lustra tamen duodena Deus bis pertulit ista; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 4378

Provenance

Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum (Lugt 240). Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Osuna Galleries

Bibliography

1949: ollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: no. 37