The Temptation
c. 1828
Artist, American, 1805 - active 1851
Attributed to John Landis
Attribution
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sight size: 25.6 x 36.4 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
framed: 26.3 x 39 x 1.4 cm (10 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 9/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1966.13.12
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1966
101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 69.
Inscriptions
across bottom in German: The stealth of the snake, the lustfulness of the wife, and the taste of the forbidden fruit bring suffering and heartbreak. Through Adam man came to know the sorrow of death. Therefore we find him the slavery of anguished sin.
Wikidata ID
Q64536874