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After Maerten de Vos Netherlandish
Copy after Johann Sadeler I Netherlandish
Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch
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Title: The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, from The Creation of the World, a set of eight plates
Artist:
After Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1532–1603 Antwerp)
Artist:
Copy after Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550–1600/1601 Venice)
Publisher:
Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
Date: 1639 –1646
Medium: Engraving; a copy after the engraving by Sadeler with the figure of God replaced by a tetragram
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 3/16 in. (19.7 × 25.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.638.9
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