God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible

God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible

SK-A-4918

God roept Adam en Eva in het Paradijs ter verantwoording. Rechts twee leeuwen, links een konijn.

date: ‘1717’

painter: Adriaen van der Werff

1717

oil on panel

height 55.7 cm x width 41.1 cm x depth 4 cm x height 68 cm x width 54 cm

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

purchase 1996

Public domain

…; purchased by the dealer Gerhard Morell on behalf of Graaf Adam Gottlob Moltke, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, 1757;{Jansen 1996, p. 4.} by descent through the family;{Jansen 1996, p. 7.} sale, The Moltke Collection, Kopenhagen (Van Winkel & Magnussen), 1 (2) June 1931 sqq., no. 141, Dkr. 825, possibly to Dr Jur. Naftali Cohn;{Copy RKD; file RMA, dossier from Henry Avar to the museum.} ? sale, his deceased estate, Copenhagen, (V. Winkel & Magnussens Kunstauktioner), 2 December 1937, lot 37, Dkr 1800;{Dossier from Henry Avar to the museum, file RMA; the sale catalogue could not be consulted.} ? Danish private collection;{File RMA, dossier from Henry Avar to the museum.} …; on loan from Henry Avar, Stockholm, to the museum, 1994 (inv. no. SK-C-1640); from whom, fl. 950,000, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1996

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