4030A

Day Five of the Creation

Artist: Elias van den Bosche (1595-1625)
Title: Day Five of the Creation
Date: By 1611
Medium: Engraving. After Maarten de Vos (1532-1603) via Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600). Plate 5/8 (including the title) of the Imago Bonitatis Illius, published in Paris by Thomas de Leu (1571-1611/1612). 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 in the same year).
Photo Source: Bibliotheèque Nationale de France Website
Note: There is another version of this subject, in the same direction, published in Paris by Pierre Firens.
Item: 4030A