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Eve

Print
1539-1591 (made)
Artist/Maker
Amman, Jost (engravers)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Print depicting Eve.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Christianity
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Eve (assigned by artist)
  • Twelve Remarkable Women of the Old Testament (series title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Etching
Brief description
'Eve', from Twelve Remarkable Women of the Old Testament, etching, Jost Amman, Germany, late 16th century
Physical description
Print depicting Eve.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.25in (Note: cut to)
  • Width: 2.1875in (Note: cut to)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Marks and inscriptions
  • IOBST AMAN. FECIT. STEFFAN. HERMAN. EXCu. (signed)
  • EVA. DIE. GEBERERIN. (inscribed)
Object history
From the Rosenheim Collection.
Subject depicted
Eve
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.978-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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