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Adam and Eve Giacomo Valegio Paolo Farinati (after) Remondini (publisher)

Artist

Giacomo Valegio active in Venice, 1574 – 1587

Paolo Farinati (after) Verona, 1524 – Verona, 1606

Remondini (publisher) Bassano del Grappa, mid-17th century – Bassano del Grappa, 1860

Culture Italian
Place of production Italy
Date 1587
Object type print
Medium, technique paper, engraving (later state)
Dimensions

455 x 302 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark)

Inventory number 7971
Collection Prints and Drawings
On view This artwork is not on display

Additional notes

later state

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower centre: ‘Iacomo Valegio Fecit 1587’, inscribed with publisher’s address below: ‘In Bassano per il Remondini’, lower left: ‘Paulo Farinato/Inuentor’ and in the margin: ‘Ecco ingannata dal crudel serpente/La prima madre col suo rio consiglio/Semplive inganna il pio parente/Si che al uietato frutto ci da di piglio//Onde al divin mandato inobediente/Casco di morte sotto ogni periglio:/E trasse il suo cadre a morte insieme/I discendenti in tutto l’human seme’

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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