Object Details
- Designer
- Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-3225
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.8 × 43.6 cm (14 1/2 × 17 3/16 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1901-39-3225
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46904cd0d-68a5-4722-b831-b4c89ec1152e
