Adam and Eve, 1504

Title

Adam and Eve

Draughtsman

• German, 16th century

Inventor

• after Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• parchment

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German
• Franconian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a copperplate engraving
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Nicht bei Strauss
• Nicht bei Panofsky
• Nicht bei Winkler

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Adam
• Eve

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 3,1-19

Primary

• 71A5 Temptation and Fall: Adam and Eve in paradise (after the Fall) (Genesis 3:8-21)
• 11S1 representations of celestial paradise (and its inhabitants)