Eve Spinning, 1600 – 1625

Title

Eve Spinning

Painter

• Monogrammist SI nach Maerten de Vos

Production Place

• southern Germany(Nürnberg?)

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on spruce

Material

• spruce wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert unten links „S:I:“

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1959

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• Eve
• Adam
• Adam and Eve
• woman
• man
• animal

Persons Shown

• Adam
• Adam and Eve
• Eve

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 3,1-6

Primary

• 11I63(EVE) Eve (not in biblical context)
• 31AA235(+4) sitting figure - AA - female human figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 47H311 distaff
• 71A421 Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her)
• 71A422 Eve offers the fruit to Adam

Secondary

• 51F4 Simultaneity
• 41D2121(+43) coat (+ fur used for clothes)
• 25G3 trees
• 25G22(RADISH) (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: radish
• 25G22(TURNIP) (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: turnip
• 25G21(PUMPKIN) fruits: pumpkin
• 34B11 dog
• 25F26(SQUIRREL) rodents: squirrel
• 25F72(SNAIL) molluscs: snail
• 41B1 open fire (in general)