God scheidt licht en donker, Allegorie op de zondeval en De duif keert terug met olijftak Three performances on a leaf. Above: Presentation of the separation of light and darkness. Above the earth the tetragrammaton the Father as a symbol of God. Left and right the sun the moon and the stars. Middle: Allegory of the Fall. The hose has swung around the globe, and holds a head and tail establish an apple. Behind the globe Death appears as a skeleton with an arrow in his hand. Below: The dove returns to Noah with an olive branch after the flood. In the background Noah's ark on a berg. Manufacture
God scheidt licht en donker, Allegorie op de zondeval en De duif keert terug met olijftak Three performances on a leaf. Above: Presentation of the separation of light and darkness. Above the earth the tetragrammaton the Father as a symbol of God. Left and right the sun the moon and the stars. Middle: Allegory of the Fall. The hose has swung around the globe, and holds a head and tail establish an apple. Behind the globe Death appears as a skeleton with an arrow in his hand. Below: The dove returns to Noah with an olive branch after the flood. In the background Noah's ark on a berg. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (studio) to drawing: Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1683 - 1733 Physical features: etching and engra; uncut sheet material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: sheet: h 381 mm × W 244 mm Explanation Prints originally intended for: Figures la, the Bible. Amsterdam, Bernard Picart, 1720. Prints also originally intended for: Scenes of the main stories of the Old and New Testament (...) by the renowned artists Hoet, Houbraken, and Picart-designed, (...) and extended descriptions. The Hague: Pieter de Hondt, 1728. Prints can be used also possible in other bijbels. Subject: earth, world as celestial body division of light and darkness tetragrammaton (in Roman or Hebrew script) ~ symbol of God the Father Temptation and Fall (Genesis 3: 1-7) (+ variant) Death axis skeletonthe dove returns with an olive-branch story ~ or Noah
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