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Creation of the World, Title Page

Creation of the World, Title Page

(Dutch, 1571–1628)
(Dutch, 1558–1617)
1590
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsLength x width (tondo): 27.9 × 27.9 cm (11 × 11 in.)
Mount: 48 x 35.2 cm (18 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number2014.1127.1
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInsribed in plate lower center, cartouche: Principio Omnipotens immensi conditor orbis / Esse polum iussit terreqz immobile pondus. / Hinc lucem tenebris remouet, noctemqz diemqz / Nuncupat; et longis spacys max segregat vndas, / Æquora secernit terris; vos Lunaqz, solqz / Prefectos dedit; hinc animalia cuncta creauit. / Post hec natus homo est celesti afflatus ab; aura, / Dining consors mentis, dominusqz priorium. / F. Estius. A°.1589. [In the beginning, the Almighty creator of the immeasurable world called heaven and the immovable weight of the earth into being. He then divided light from darkness, and named day and night; and in the void he presently separated the waters, divided the sea from the land; he places you, moon and sun, in the head. He then created all living things. Whereupon man was born, fanned by the breath of heaven, partner in the divine spirit, and ruler of all higher beings." Anno 1589
ProvenanceBy about the 1870s, Friedrich I (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, b. 1826 – d. 1907), 6th Grand Duke of Baden; 1907, by descent to his son, Friedrich II, 7th Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1857 – d. 1928). About 2014, sold from a private collection, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany to Antiquariat Michael Kuehn, Berlin; 2014, sold by Antiquariat Michael Kuehn to Pia Gallo, Fine Old Master and Modern Prints and Drawings, New York; 2014, sold by Pia Gallo to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2014)