[Allegory of the redemption of mankind]
Wierix, Hieronymus, 1553-1619
Liefrinck, Hans, 1518-1573
print
H. Liefrinck excud.
Antwerp]
[before 1573]
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 275 x 200 mm. on sheet 285 x 212 mm.
paper
Latin
Netherlands
In margin: "Dissipat humanas naturas … in orbe latet."; in margin above image: "HVMANI GENERIS REDEMTIO"; in image, lower left: "Ieronimus Wierx. in. et. fe."; "H. Liefrinck excud.".
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Christ liberating Adam and Eve from the chains of the devil and Death lying under his feet. Above the tetragram and the dove of the Holy Ghost. Angels carry the instruments of the passion
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Jesus ChristEve (Biblical figure)Adam, (Biblical figure)
AllegoriesSalvation
Biblioteca Casanatense
Fondo Stampe e Disegni
20.A.III.100/143
20.A.III.100
The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700, The Wierix Family, part VIII, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel,2004, p. 153, no. 1806.
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