Artist:
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After Hendrik Goltzius Jan Muller
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Title:
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Day Two, from "Creation of the World"
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Date:
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1589
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Medium:
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Engraving
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Dimensions:
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10 7/8 Ã 10 1/2 in. (27.62 Ã 26.67 cm) (sheet)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of funds from Nivin MacMillan
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Location:
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Gallery 316
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According to the Bible (Genesis 1: 6-8), on the second day of the Creation of the World, God separates the âthe waters from the waters.â According to Genesis âGod made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome⦠God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.â The âwaters under the domeâ are here represented by an old bearded man pouring water from a large amphora, a figure typically used to embody rivers since Roman antiquity. To extend his representative role to oceans and seas, Goltzius crowned him with a rich garland of seashells.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Goltzius, Hendrik
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Nationality:
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Dutch
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Life Dates:
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Dutch, 1558 - 1617
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Name:
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Muller, Jan
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Nationality:
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Dutch
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Life Dates:
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Dutch, 1571 - 1628
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Prints
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Physical Description:
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bearded nude male figure in the lower part of image with water coming out of a vessel; nude female figure UR seated on clouds with a rainbow and a gourd; angel with two wands UL
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Netherlands, , ,
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Accession #:
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2013.44.2.3
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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