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The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1504
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.6 × 19.4 cm (9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP246
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 001; Meder 1 (IIc); Hollstein (German, vol. VII) 1
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, on tablet, upper left: ALBERT/DVRER/NORICVS/FACIEBAT/[Dürer's monogram] 1504
Marks
Watermark: bull's head (Meder 62); verso, collector's stamp in blue ink, a shield surrounded by flourishes within a circle (Ivan Iraklievitch Kuris; Lugt 2722); collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S.[Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker stamp in purple ink (Lugt 1870) with accession number in black ink: 246
ProvenanceIvan Iraklievitch Kuris (b. 1840 - d. 1898; Lugt 2722), Odessa. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)