The Creation of Eve

Domenico Cunego (Italian, 1727–1803)

Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)

about 1767-1773

Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving

DimensionsSheet: 26 x 29.4 cm (10 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 21.2 x 23.8 cm (8 3/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession numberB1117

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InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top right, "No. 5."; engraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Dominicus Cunego del. et sculp. Romae / AEDIFICAVIT DOMINVS DEVS COSTAM QVAM TVLERAT DE ADAM IN MVLIEREM / Gen:C.II.Vers.22. / MICHAEL ANGELVS BONAROTIVS PINXIT IN SIXTINO VATICANO SACELLO / Romae Presso la Calcografia Camerale"

ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900