Artist: Maarten de Vos (1532 - 1603) was a Flemish painter, after.
Engraver: Jan Sadeler I (1550 - 1600), a Flemish engraver, draftsman, and publisher.
Title: Lamech and his family.
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and Dated in plate: Ioann: Sadeler auctor et scalpt: M. de vos figura. In the margin two columns, each two lines "Lamech consilio praetans Noe protulit, illi/ Ferret ut auxilium et rebus solamen in arctis. Talia grandaeuus depromsit verba palato,/ Heu malus exagitat populum dirusq Cupido.". Numbered top centre "VIII." Genes 5.
Dimensions: Image 7 5/8" x 10 3/4". Sheet 9 1/2" x 13". Mat 13 3/4" x 16".
Publisher: Jan Sadeler I.
Edition: Fourteen Old Testament scenes after Maarten de Vos engraved by Jan Sadeler I. Antverp.
Date: 1586.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no
Mat and Frame: Matted
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Small holes and creases. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Series: The story of the family of Seth.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1959,0221.11.8.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.