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Eve Tempting Adam

(Netherlandish, 1550–about 1600)
(Netherlandish, 1524–1591)
before 1585
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 19.7 x 26.8 cm (7 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.8 x 29.9 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession number2000.719
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate LL: JSaler. fecit In plate LR: 3 In plate at bottom: Iusa dei sumpto violantur ab arbore pomo, Efficit hoc tacitis vipera soeua dolis. Genesis.C.3.V.6. Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LC in graphite pencil: 9
ProvenanceLloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, MA; her bequest to MFA, June 2000.