La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 7 (recto)

Matthias Mignerak|Pierre Firens|Marie de Medici|Jean Le Clerc

1605 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Written by Matthias Mignerak, title page engraved by Pierre Firens, French, born Paris 1641, dedicated to Marie de Medici, Florence 1575-1642 Cologne, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is printed upon a grid and is decorated with a scene depicting Adam and Eve picking the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Wrapped around the tree is the serpent. Sitting in the middle of the ground below the tree is a monkey that looks upward toward Adam.

Artist

Matthias Mignerak|Pierre Firens|Marie de Medici|Jean Le Clerc

Date

1605

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1920