Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

Provenance

(Samuel Gedge Ltd., London) ; purchased 2013 by NGA.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

British 18th Century

1780s?

Accession Number

2013.172.3

Medium

cut paper pasted to a red-painted and varnished paper, laid down on wood, the figures and animals drawn over with graphite, pen and gray ink, and touches of red paint, plus green and brown watercolor in the doves

Dimensions

overall: 21.5 × 20 cm (8 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund