About the Artwork
The First Parents, Eve Suckling One of Her Children
late 16th century
After Crispin van den Broeck (Artist) Netherlandish, 1524-1591 Johannes Sadeler (Artist) Netherlandish, 1550-1600
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 7 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (20 × 27 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 inches (21 × 27.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1056
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower right of image: JSaedeler. f
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: Crispin. iv. Inscribed, lower right corner: 6 Inscribed, in plate below image: [Latin inscription]
Watermark, center left of image: [obscured] Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
December 1885, M. Bruckner.1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Johannes Sadeler; after Crispin van den Broeck, The First Parents, Eve Suckling One of Her Children, late 16th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1056.
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