The Creation of Adam
Gasparo Ruina
(Italian, active about 1533)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
about 1533
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsSheet: 36 x 51.9 cm (14 3/16 x 20 7/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.535
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This print exists in two states. This state, which appears to be the later, has changes to Adam's nose and left hand. For an impression of the other state, see 1975.534.
ProvenanceKarl Ewald Hasse, Göttingen (1810-1902)(Lugt 860); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
Erich Heckel
published 1921 (prints executed 1912-19)