Adam and Eve

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Adam and Eve

mid-17th century

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French

French

Overall: 140 1/4 × 97 1/4 inches (3 m 56.2 cm × 247 cm)

Tapestries

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher

52.312

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R for Raphael de la Planche

Provenance

Mr. Alfred J. Fisher [1892–1963] and Mrs. Alma Cripps Fisher [1895–1992] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Fenaille, Maurice, ETAT GENERAL DES TAPISSERIES DE LA MANUFACTURIE DES GOBELINS DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS 1600-1900, vol 1, p 316.

Detroit, DIA, WOVEN SPLENDOR: FIVE CENTURIES OF EUROPEAN TAPESTRY AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, July-Sept 1996, mentioned in Checklist, p. 75.

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French, Adam and Eve, mid-17th century. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, 52.312.

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Adam and Eve
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