Adam and Eve
date: label: Date made
content: 1853
name: label: original artist
content: Raphael
label: graphic artist
content: Sartain, John
label: original artist
content: Raimondi, Marcantonio
label: publisher
content: Goupil and Company
notes: label: Description
content: In 1853 John Sartain engraved his large (44 x 32 cm) print after Marcantonio Raimondi’s <i>Adam Receiving the Forbidden Fruit from Eve</i>, which had been designed by Raphael. Sartain made more than 1,000 prints, most of which reproduced a work by another artist.
label: Description
content: Goupil & Company, the American branch of a Paris based firm, published this print. The company issued a large number of reproductive prints and later photographs of paintings and sculpture, either purchased or commissioned by the firm. The American branch opened in 1846 and, in addition to selling reproductive prints, also exhibited original works of art.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Adam and Eve
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14354
label: accession number
content: 94830
label: catalog number
content: 14354
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Aquatint
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 23.5 cm x 17.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 31 cm x 23 cm; 12 3/16 in x 9 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 44 cm x 32 cm; 17 5/16 in x 12 5/8 in