The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Amico Aspertinica. 1540-1552

Details

Title: The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
Creator: Attributed to Amico Aspertini
Date Created: ca. 1540-1552
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1958
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: Adam and Eve, Bible, Old Testament, religions, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 234 mm x 320 mm (9.21 in. x 12.6 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 3 (vol. 15, p. 8) as related to work of Agustino Veneziano (Agustino de Musi); Massari 109 attributes the original design and the engraving to Aspertini; see Chatsworth Sale, Christie’s, 5 December 1985 (84); Patricia Emison, The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence (Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, 2006), cat. no. 41, pp. 67–68.
Associated People: Attributed to Amico Aspertini (Italian, 1474/1475-1552)
Accession Number: 1958.46.6

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