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The Story of Adam and Eve, Maso Finiguerra

Maso Finiguerra

The Story of Adam and Eve

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Maso Finiguerra

The Story of Adam and Eve, ca. 1450

Blatt: 284 x 409 mm

Physical Description: Brown ink over black pen (chalk?), brown washes, two framing lines (with brown ink, the inner one partially scraped out), outside partial washes for frame-like effect with a brush, on parchment

Inventory Number: 415

Object Number: 415 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The Story of Adam and Eve

Draughtsman

Maso Finiguerra

Period Produced

15th century

School

Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Brown ink over black pen (chalk?), brown washes, two framing lines (with brown ink, the inner one partially scraped out), outside partial washes for frame-like effect with a brush, on parchment

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Florentine

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): [...] Aertje van Leyden; unten rechts (mit schwarzem Stift): 20 gl
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: Melli 1995.94.124

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Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Main Motif

Persons Shown

Associated Persons and Institutions

Illustrated Passage

Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 1,27-4,8

Iconclass

Primary

71A354the giving of the test commandment: God warns Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
71A422Eve offers the fruit to Adam
71A611an angel chases Adam and Eve out of paradise with a (flaming) sword
71A721Adam engaged in agricultural activities, Eve spinning and usually their children at play
71A82the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Secondary

25H114low hill country
41A18hut, cabin, lodge
51F4Simultaneity

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18.07.2024