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Eve Offering Adam the Forbidden Fruit

(French, c. 1525–c. 1580)
(Italian, 1493–1560)
about 1540-1560
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 10.8 × 13.6 cm (4 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineThe Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession number2000.716
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate LL: BR [monogram] Later inscriptions or marks: Verso UR in graphite pencil: Robert Boissard / Le Valence 1590 Verso LL in graphite pencil: 3 [in a triangle over] B# [in a large “v”] Verso LL in pen and brown ink: No 12 Verso LC in pen and brown ink: Leonard [crossed out & replaced by] Robert Boissard Verso at bottom in graphite pencil: BR [monogram] Leonard Boivin graveur fec Verso LR in graphite pencil: 1269. M-H. Verso LR in pen and blue ink: 2707 Verso LR stamped in black ink-- mark of Jean Cantacuzène (Lugt 4030) Verso LR stamped in purple ink (washed out)-- mark of Thomas Banks, Lugt 2423
ProvenanceThomas Banks (1735-1805, London, Lugt 2423); unidentified collector [marked JC in a circle, similar to Lugt 1429, Jefferson Coolidge, Boston, but with larger letters]; Lloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, MA; her bequest to MFA, June 2000.