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Object Type
print
Museum number
1884,0412.4
Description
The history of Adam and Eve; Creation of Eve in the foreground with Adam sleeping and Eve looking up at God, middle distance right the Fall of Mankind with the serpent coiled around the Tree of Knowledge, Expulsion in the background, Garden of Eden filled with various animals. 1590 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Wendel Dietterlin
School/style
German
Production date
1590
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
205 millimetres
(Trimmed)
Width:
158 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(1)
Andresen 1864-78 / Der Deutsche Peintre-Graveur ... von dem letzten Drittel des 16 Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18 Jahrhunderts
(II.250.7)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
unicorn
Associated names
Representation of:
Adam
Representation of:
Eve
Representation of:
God
Associated places
Associated with:
Paradise
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
St John Dent
(sale Sotheby's, 28.iii.1884/61, bought Colvin for the BM)
Acquisition date
1884
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1884,0412.4