PrintsGerman16th century

Adam and Eve

1543

Artists

Sebald BehamArtist

Barthel BehamArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 8.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Arenberg family (Lugt 567). [R. M. Light & Co, Inc., Boston, New York, and Scottsdale], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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