The Story of Adam and Eve, ca. 1450

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

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

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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

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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

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71A354 the giving of the test commandment: God warns Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
71A422 Eve offers the fruit to Adam
71A611 an angel chases Adam and Eve out of paradise with a (flaming) sword
71A721 Adam engaged in agricultural activities, Eve spinning and usually their children at play
71A82 the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon