Adam and Eve in paradise

Title

Adam and Eve in paradise

Draughtsman

• Andries Both

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): Abooth [Ab ligiert]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links: [unleserlich]
Verso unten links Stempel der Sammlung Wilhelm Koller, Wien (Lugt 2632); auf dem Montierungsbogen unten Stempel der Sammlung Richard Alexander-Katz, Berlin (Lugt 2812)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1917

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Adam
• Eve

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 3

Primary

• 71A421 Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her)
• 47I2141 he-goat, billy-goat
• 71A3212 the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil