Mankind Before the Flood | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R4852
People: Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Dirck Barendsz., Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1534 - 1592 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title: Mankind Before the Flood
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 16th-17th century
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/241962

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR[verso]:"Masterpiece; Mankind surprised by the advent of the Deluge; see Bryan, see Nagler 141; 'Thus it was in the days of Noah--they eat, they drank to [sic], till the flood came and destroyed them all,'; first state, before the drapery, and before the date 1597."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: W 119, H 264

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R4852
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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