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Adam and Eve Mourning the Death of Abel

Carlo Antonio Porporati (Italian, 1741–1816)
After: Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, 1659–1722)
1776

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 57.2 x 40.8 cm (22 1/2 x 16 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 56 x 39.3 cm (22 1/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14092
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Le Blanc 1, i/iv; Apell 1, i/ii; de Vesme 1, iii/vi
Marks Verso, bottom right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897