An Allegory on the Expulsion from Paradise and the Sacrifice of Abel

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 204

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Amico Aspertini

Title

An Allegory on the Expulsion from Paradise and the Sacrifice of Abel

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1520–1530

Medium

Engraving in black on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed upper right, in graphite: “39”; verso, lower center, in graphite: “L 10 / ID 31898”

Dimensions

Plate/sheet: 24 × 32.4 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2024.27

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