the female personification of the Law of Nature (Nature Lex) sits on an uprooted tree. In one hand she holds a heart, the other a bit and whip. In the background penalized God the Father Adam and Eve expelled from paradise for them. In the margin a four-line caption in Dutch, Latin and Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker: Jerome Who: rixnaar design: Marten de Vos (listed building), designed by Willem van Haecht (I) (attributed to) writer Willem van Haecht (I) (possible) editor: Peeter Baltens (listed property) provider of privilege unknown (listed property) Place manufacture: Antwerp Date: 1563 -
the female personification of the Law of Nature (Nature Lex) sits on an uprooted tree. In one hand she holds a heart, the other a bit and whip. In the background penalized God the Father Adam and Eve expelled from paradise for them. In the margin a four-line caption in Dutch, Latin and Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker: Jerome Who: rixnaar design: Marten de Vos (listed building), designed by Willem van Haecht (I) (attributed to) writer Willem van Haecht (I) (possible) editor: Peeter Baltens (listed property) provider of privilege unknown (listed property) Place manufacture: Antwerp Date: 1563 - characteristics 1580 Physical: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions : plate edge: h 228 mm × W 275 mm Subject: the golden age, 'Aetas aurea; they live happily, gathering fruits under the reign of Saturnsymbols and allegories of law; "Law", "Civil Law" (Ripa) bitexpulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3: 22-24)
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