Opus Quintae Diei (Genesis cap I. v. 21)
Engraver
Johann August Corvinus
(1682 - 1738)
Datec 1700
Object number00019684
NamePrint
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions560 x 390 mm, 0.277 kg
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
Collections
DescriptionEngraving quoting a Bible reference from the Book of Genesis (Chapter 1 verse 21 -"God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds.")
The creatures depicted are two sperm whales, a dolphin, a pilot whale or porpoise, a narwhal and a narwhal's tusk.
mid 19th Century
Nicolas Francois Martinet
1768
William John Huggins
March 1829
