Frontispiece for Genesis (Genesis 1:1)
Maker
After
(artist)
1648-1733
(printmaker)
active 1669 - 1720 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1653-1722
(artist)
1648-1733
(printmaker)
active 1669 - 1720 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1653-1722
Title
Frontispiece for Genesis (Genesis 1:1)
Date of Production
1728
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 34.9 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7305.266
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: G. Hoet delineavit. //
Inscription: Gen. I, 1. / Au commencement Dieu crea les cieux et la terre. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth / Um anfang schiff kott himmel und erden. In den beginne Godt den hemel en de aarde. / G. vander Gouwen sculpsit. //
Inscription: F. Halma Excudit cum privilegio. //
Inscription: G. HOET / The Creation / Bible Plates, Hondt, Hague, 1728. //
Inscription: IN PRINCIPIO CREAVIT DEUS COELUM ET TERRAM. / (...) / De Heer heest de aarde gegrondt Op hare grndveften: Pf. CIV: 5. //
Inscription: Gen. I, 1. / Au commencement Dieu crea les cieux et la terre. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth / Um anfang schiff kott himmel und erden. In den beginne Godt den hemel en de aarde. / G. vander Gouwen sculpsit. //
Inscription: F. Halma Excudit cum privilegio. //
Inscription: G. HOET / The Creation / Bible Plates, Hondt, Hague, 1728. //
Inscription: IN PRINCIPIO CREAVIT DEUS COELUM ET TERRAM. / (...) / De Heer heest de aarde gegrondt Op hare grndveften: Pf. CIV: 5. //
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