Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
Eve presenting the apple to Adam
c.1780-1824Etching | 25.2 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850181
An outline etching after a drawing depicting Eve offering the apple to Adam now in the Sammlung der Kunstakademie, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (inv. no.KA (FP) 12). Signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the drawing to Raphael. Annotated on the verso.
This drawing is currently attributed to Girolamo Siciolante. Ruland (1876) believed it to be "traced from the unknown original" by Raphael. See RCIN 850180 for a photograph of this drawing.
Creator(s)
J Peter von Langer (1756-1824) (printmaker)
After Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta (1521-75) (draughtsman)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Old Testament C.II.2, pag. 15
25.2 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper)
23.4 x 19.2 cm (platemark)
22.0 x 17.6 cm (image)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Horticulture
- Apples
- Horticulture
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Science, Medicine and Technology
