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172 - Jan Sadeler - Creation and fall of men - Complete series (6)

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€800

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Estimation

€1,200 - 1,800

Sale fees

28%

Jan Sadeler - Creation and fall of men - Complete series (6) Description: A complete series of six prints: 1. Creation of Adam -- 2. Creation of Eve -- 3. Adam and Eve with tree of knowledge -- 4. Adam and Eve discovering they are naked -- 5. Expulsion from paradise -- 6. Adam and Eve as mortals. The series was first conceived as a series of eight prints and as so published in the Thesaurus by de Jode in 1585. In this third state the series was limited to six prints (omission of plates one and two about the creation of the light and the creation of the animals). Signed JSadeler fecit, Crispin inb. In this third state with the address of Visscher the image of God was replaced by a tetragram. Dimensions: 19,60 x 27,20 cm Condition: Very good impressions i na clean condition on full sheets of watermarked laid paper with moderate foxing in the wide margins. Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (3-9.III) ----- Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (68-74) Medium: Engraving Date: 1585

Auction details

OLD MASTER PRINTS - Winter Auction 2026
Thursday, December 3
06:00 PM
St crispijnstraat 23
8870 Izegem, Belgium

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On Drouot for 6 years avec More than 3,000 lots published

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