About the Artwork
Fall of Adam and Eve
between 1508 and 1887
(Artist) Dutch Lucas van Leyden (Artist) Netherlandish, 1494-1533
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 inches (12.1 × 8.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S703
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower right: L [Leyden monogram]
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 [added in ink to the stamp] (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
Dec. 1887 , purchased from dealer (San Remo, Italy).1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Dutch; after Lucas van Leyden, Fall of Adam and Eve, between 1508 and 1887, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S703.
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