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Object Type
Museum number: 1941,0327.11.9
Title: Series: Recueil Basan
Description: Adam and Eve; the couple nude in the Garden of Eden, Eve holding an apple at centre, with monstrous serpent on Tree of Knowledge to right, an elephant in background; second state with number removed; copy in same direction after the etching by Rembrandt; from an edition of the Recueil published by Henri Louis Basan around 1810. 1638 Etching
Producer name: After: Rembrandt; Print made by: François Basan; Published by: Henri Louis Basan
School/style: Dutch; French
Production date: 1789-1797
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 154 millimetres; Width: 114 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For another impression and comment see 1933,1104.2. For comment on the volume, which was published by Henri Louis Basan around 1810, see 1941,0327.11.1
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (168) (Rembrandt; copy a.II); Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated (159) (copy undescribed); White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue (28) (copy 1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Adam; Representation of: Eve; Representation of: Devil
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1941
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1941,0327.11.9

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