In the Garden of Eden, while the serpent curls around the tree of knowledge, Eve is about to taste the apple. Coloured etching, 17--.

Date:
[between 1700 and 1799]
Reference:
15587i
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Bible. O.T. Genesis 3.6

Publication/Creation

Augusta Vindelica [Augsburg] : Georg Balthasar Probst cum gratia et privilegio sacrae caesareae majestatis, [between 1700 and 1799]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour and gum arabic ; platemark 30.7 x 42 cm

Lettering

Et aspiciens arborem ... gut zu essen ware ... Med. Folo. no. 49. Cum gratia et privilegio sac. caes. majestatis ... Georg Balthasar Probst excud A.V. The four quotations all mean "the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good to eat"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 15587i

Notes

In sequence with Wellcome Library no. 15584i

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