The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.

  • Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603
Date:
[1600?]
Reference:
15555i
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Imago bonitatis illius
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The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. O.T. Genesis 1.3-5. The head of God is haloed by a triangle, symbolising the Trinity. This is the only picture of God in this series to show a triangular halo. The rest are circular. The same design (without the halo) had been published ca. 1587 by Johann Sadeler after Maerten de Vos with the lettering " Prima haec dies. Aeterna lux potensque rerum conditor Lucem creat; serenus umbras disiicit. Pandit suae bonitatis aureos sinus Pius opifex; contra, tenebrarum fugat caliginem." (This is the first day. Eternal light and the powerful founder of the universe creates the light: in a clear sky he throws apart the shadows. The godly artificer opens up the golden containers of his goodness, and on the other side he routs the mists of darkness)

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [Thomas de Leu], [1600?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; image 12 x 17.4 cm

References note

Not found in: A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le peintre-graveur français, vol. 10, Paris 1868 pp. 1-168 (list of works engraved and published by Thomas de Leu)

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Electricity: The spark of life" at Wellcome Collection, 23 February – 25 June 2017, and Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands, 25 July 2017 – 7 January 2018

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Wellcome Collection 15555i

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