Vijfde dag van schepping: God schept vissen en vogels

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collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

Behold Nicolaes de Bruyn's engraving *Vijfde dag vanpping: God scheptissen en vogels*Fifth Day of Creation: Creates Fish and Birds), vivid depiction from the Book Genesis. Created during the artist's lifetime (1571–1656), this intimate work measures just 129 mm high by 117 mm wide, perfect for personal devotion or scholarly collections in the late 16th-century Dutch Republic. As a master engraver in the Northern Renaissance tradition, de Bruyn excelled in the meticulous technique of incising fine lines into a copper plate, inking it, and pressing paper to capture intricate details of divine c...

About the Artist

Nicolaes de Bruyn · 1571–1656

Nicolaes de Bruyn was a Flemish printmaker born in Antwerp in 1571, active during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and known primarily for his large, elaborately detailed engravings of landscapes, hunting scenes, and biblical and mythological subjects. He trained in the tradition of Flemish reproductive engraving and was deeply influenced by the work of his contemporaries and pre...