M0005907: The creation of Eve, Orvieto Cathedral

Previous title, replaced August 2020: The creation of Eve. From the sculptures of the facade of Orvieto Cathedral.

Photograph of a reproduction of one of the marble reliefs on the façade of Orvieto Cathedral, Italy, depicting the creation of Eve. The reproduction was published in Deshairs, Leon: L'art Des Origines a Nos Jours, Librairie Larousse, 1932, volume I p248. The photograph of the reproduction was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 11069).

15 November 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.