The Unicorno Collection: Fifty-five Years of Collecting Drawings

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Lot 52
  • 52

Leonaert Bramer Delft 1596 - 1674

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Description

  • Leonaert Bramer
  • god creating eve from adam's rib
  • bears numbering, upper right: 65
    brush and black ink and grey wash, with touches of white heightening, on grey-brown paper
    Inv.nr. N 255

Catalogue Note

Amongst the animals in the background of this scene of the Garden of Eden, a Unicorn is clearly visible, the only representation of this mythical beast to be found in the entire Unicorno Collection.