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Adam and Eve
about 1590
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.8 x 18.3 cm (9 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2661
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein iv.45 1; Wurzbach 1
DescriptionThe MFA has a second impression from the same plate, with hand coloring and letterpress on verso (accession number 2000.723)
Signed
In plate, left of lower center: Iodocus a Winghe in
In plate, at center right: Theodore de Bry fe
In plate, at center right: Theodore de Bry fe
Marks
Verso, collector's mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309); purple Parker Collection MFA stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in ink: 2661
InscriptionsIn plate, left of lower center: Iodocus a Winghe in
In plate, at center right: Theodore de Bry fe
In plate, at center right: Theodore de Bry fe
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); November, 1898, purchased by MFA.