About the Artwork
The Creation of Eve
between late 16th and mid-17th century
Giovanni Lanfranco
1581-1647
Italian
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Pen and brush and brown ink over graphite on paper mounted to a sheet of heavy cream laid which is drawn with elaborate french margins
Image: 11 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (28.3 × 23.8 cm) Mount: 14 1/2 × 12 15/16 inches (36.8 × 32.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1SDR155
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in brown ink, lower left: [illegible] Inscribed, in black ink, lower left, verso: No. 155 Scripps Collection of Drawings Inscribed, in pencil, center, verso: 78 Inscribed, lower left, verso: Giovanni Lanfranc(-) | 1581-1647
Provenance
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giovanni Lanfranco, The Creation of Eve, between late 16th and mid-17th century, pen and brush and brown ink over graphite on paper mounted to a sheet of heavy cream laid which is drawn with elaborate French margins. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR155.
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