4031A

Day Six of the Creation

Artist: Edme Charpy (b. 1575?)
Title: Day Six of the Creation
Date: By 1611
Medium: Engraving. After Maarten de Vos (1532-1603) via Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600). Plate 6/8 (including the title) of the Imago Bonitatis Illius, published in Paris by Thomas de Leu (1571-1619). Used to illustrate Les Oeuvres du Guillaume de Salluste, Sieur du Bartas. Published a Paris, chez Jean de Bordeaulx, imprimeur et libraire, tenant sa boutique sur la montee de la grande Salle du Pallais, 1611 (there are other editions of the same year).
Photo Source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France Website
Item: 4031A