Adam and Eve

Jan (Johannes) Wierix Netherlandish

After Albrecht Dürer German

1566

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Title: Adam and Eve
Artist: Jan (Johannes) Wierix (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1549–1615 Brussels)
Artist: After Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
Date: 1566
Medium: Engraving; third state of three
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Object Number: 47.100.224
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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