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Adam Receiving the Forbidden Fruit from Eve

John Sartain, Marcantonio Raimondi, and others

Adam Receiving the Forbidden Fruit from Eve

1852

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Adam Receiving the Forbidden Fruit from Eve

1852

Physical Qualities Mezzotint and etching with stipple and roulette, Sheet: 387 × 302 mm. (15 1/4 × 11 7/8 in.) Image: 238 × 174 mm. (9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.135
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 153 no. 8.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL below image: 'DRAWN BY RAFFAELLE, SANZIO, ROME, A.D. 1509-10'; in plate, LR, below image: 'ENGRAVED BY J. SARTAIN, PHILA. U.S. 1853.'; in plate, BC: 'ADAM RECEIVING THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT FROM EVE. / After the Celebrated Engraving by Marc Antonio Raimondi / New York, 1st January, 1853. / Goupil & Co.'; BL Corner (pencil): 'a'; BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '10558'. VERSO: LR (stamped in blue ink): 'THG' in oval; LL (stamped in violet ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'.

Artist

John Sartain

1807–1896

American, born England, 1808-1897
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Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi

1469–1533

Italian, c. 1470/82-c. 1527/34
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Publisher

Goupil & Cie.

1849–1883

operated 1850 - 1884
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