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The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
late 16th–early 17th century

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 24.8 x 17.3 cm (9 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark on all four sides)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB223
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 002; Meyer 002, ii/ii
Marks Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 – d. 1899; Lugt 208), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of Babcock to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: June 5, 1900)