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Adam and Eve, seated on a rock, with a serpent coiled around a tree at left and a lion and a lamb at right

1803–09
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Adam and Eve, seated on a rock, with a serpent coiled around a tree at left and a lion and a lamb at right
  • Artist: Jean Antoine Pierron (French, active Paris 1780–1812)
  • Artist: Intermediary draftsman François Dubois (French, 1790–1871)
  • Artist: After Carlo Cignani (Italian, Bologna 1628–1719 Forlì)
  • Printer: F. Chardon, Ainé (French, active 1820–60)
  • Date: 1803–09
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 3/4 × 8 15/16 in. (34.9 × 22.7 cm)
    Sheet: 16 3/16 × 10 1/8 in. (41.1 × 25.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.100.456
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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