God Commanding Adam and Eve
1760s
Artist, Czech, 1724 - 1767/1770

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 24 x 17 cm (9 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 20.5 x 21.2 cm (8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1999.98.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
Nagler, no. 4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Wilhelm Soldan, Berlin, after 1950 (Lugt undescribed). (sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 4-5 June 1999, no. 5934); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 1999 by NGA with funds contributed by The Ahmanson Foundation.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1835
Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 4.
Inscriptions
across bottom in plate: De ligno autem scientiae boni, et mali ne comedas. / In quocunque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris. / Genes. C. 2. v. 17.; lower left in plate: Xa: Palko fe: junior membr: Acade: cesareae.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 2275
Wikidata ID
Q75424957