Adam and Eve, The Temptation
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figural scene in landscape. At left, the figure of Adam stretches his left arm out to reach the apple, which Eve receives from the snake, whose upper body is formed by the bust of a woman. Adam and Eve sit at the foot of the Tree of Knowledge. Two rabbits are in the lower left corner. Saturnus or Death sits still sleeping in the lower right corner, hidden in shadow. Beside him are a scythe, skull, and hourglass. Framing lines in pen and ink and black crayon.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3225
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 36.8 × 43.6 cm (14 1/2 × 17 3/16 in.)