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The Temptation of Adam and Eve (from the Genesis series, no. 7)
Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 4.3 x 6.3 cm (1 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 4.5 x 6.7 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 4.5 x 6.7 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6776
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 064; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 7 (II)
Signed
within image, lower center: .IOHAN.W.INVE.ET.F.CVM.GR.PRI
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6776
Inscriptionsin plate, within image, upper left: 7; below image: Tulit de fructu illius et comedit/deditque viro suo, qui comedit.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897