Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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ADAM AND EVE

1504

Inscription, monogram and date 1504

Inscription:

ALBERT DURER NORICUS FACIEBAT (Albrecht Dürer from Nuremberg made it)

Copperplate engraving

218×191 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Middle of the 16th century

Fifth state with a crack on the trunk of the tree, under Adam’s hand

Watermark:
is not visible

Provenance:

State Historical Museum;
in the Museum since 1930

Inv. Г-79512

Comments:

the impression is brownish, the plate does not have significant scratches (М. 1, 3, b). The sheet is mounted on dense paper

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-2116, on paper without watermarks, the impression is very thin, from an extremely worn plate; made in the late 16th century