Adam and Eve, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638

Title(s)

Adam and Eve

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-992

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 168-2(2)
• Bartsch 28-2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 28-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1638’
• mark: Lugt 2849
• mark: Lugt 2610
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1638

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 163 mm × width 117 mm

What

• Temptation and Fall (Genesis 3:1-7)

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt in perspectief : de veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk, p. 208, afb. 7.9
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 27, cat.nr. 168
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 28