Accession number
PML 145499, plate 004
Creator
Geissler, Friedrich, 1778-1853, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Filhol, 1811]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 4, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving by Freidrich Geissler after the painting "Le Printemps, ou, Le Paradis terrestre" by Nicolas Poussin, published as plate 538 in v. 8 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-28).
Lettered at head: N. Poussin; numbered at upper left: No. 538; lettered at upper right: Ecole Francse.; at lower left: Nicolas Poussin pinx.; at lower right: Fréde: Geissler Sc: 1811.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering and lacks caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 4, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving by Freidrich Geissler after the painting "Le Printemps, ou, Le Paradis terrestre" by Nicolas Poussin, published as plate 538 in v. 8 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-28).
Lettered at head: N. Poussin; numbered at upper left: No. 538; lettered at upper right: Ecole Francse.; at lower left: Nicolas Poussin pinx.; at lower right: Fréde: Geissler Sc: 1811.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering and lacks caption title.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 107 x 143 mm; sheet: 159 x 174 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print after Poussin's painting shows a verdent landscape, with Adam and Eve seated below the forbidden tree in the center and the figure of the Creator in the sky at upper right.
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