Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 22]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein Report, 08.04.2013]
[Cat. Prague 2007, No. 22]

Adam is shown sitting on a pedestal under the tree of knowledge. A serpent winds itself around a branch of the tree. Eve stands to Adam's right and supports her right knee on the pedestal, her left leg is stretched out on the grass. She grasps the branch with the

Adam is shown sitting on a pedestal under the tree of knowledge. A serpent winds itself around a branch of the tree. Eve stands to Adam's right and supports her right knee on the pedestal, her left leg is stretched out on the grass. She grasps the branch with the serpent in her left hand and puts her right arm around Adam's neck, offering him the apple. Adam holds another apple in his right hand. Their bodies appear anatomically incorrect and are strangely amorphous, the splayed out big toes of the left feet are particularly conspicuous.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop of Antonius Heusler ?

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Prague 2007, no. 22]

Workshop of Antonius Heusler ?

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 25] [Cat. Prague 2007, no. 22]

Antonius Heusler

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 157, no. 21] [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 25]

Production date
about 1555

Production date

about 1555

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 157, no. 21] [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 25]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 47.5 x 35 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 47.5 x 35 cm

  • [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 22]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Verso of the panel: - paper label 'Cit. B. Nr. 4'

  • on the frame, paper label 'FIDEICOMMISS DUX-OBERLEUTNERSDORF Nr. 132' …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Verso of the panel: - paper label 'Cit. B. Nr. 4'

    • on the frame, paper label 'FIDEICOMMISS DUX-OBERLEUTNERSDORF Nr. 132' [= Waldstein Inventory 1895]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 25]

Owner
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Repository
Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
Location
Prague
CDA ID
CZ_NGP_O10009
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_O10009/

Provenance

  • a handwritten inventory from 1823 is the first record of the painting in the Waldstein collection
  • after 1919 it was placed in the Chateau of Doksy and Jeleni Hora
  • acquired in 1949 (transferred from the National Cultural commission in Mnichovo Hradiste), it comes from the Waldstein painting collection, Duchcov Chateau

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 25]

Exhibitions

Prague 2005, no. 25
Prague 2016, no. 21

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 41, 154-157 21 Figs. pp. 41, 154, 155
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Cat. Prague 2007 48 22
AuthorOlga Kotková
TitleNational Gallery in Prague. German and Austrian Painting of the 14th - 16th Centuries. Illustrated Summary Catalogue II/1
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Chamonikola 2005 B 24-26 (English version 11, 12)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitleLucas Cranach a ceské zeme/ Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages13-33 (6-15)
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 106-107 (English version 41) 25 Pl. p. 107
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Šafarík, Preiss 1967 11 16
AuthorEduard A. Šafarík, Pavel Preiss
TitleZámecká obrazárna v Duchcove. Seznam vystavených obrazu
Place of PublicationDuchcov
Year of Publication1967
Show Literature
Šimák 1920 43
AuthorJosef V. Šimák
TitleSoupis obrazu nekdejší galerie duchcovské
Volume28
JournalCasopis Spolecnosti prátel starožitností ceských
Year of Publication1920
Pages41-46
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  • Adam and Eve, about 1555

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- schematic freehand underdrawing

- thin to slightly broader lines

Function:

- roughly binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe some essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; numerous small changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

[Klein Report, 08.04.2013]

  • examined by Peter Klein

Conservation History

Date2005

  • the final glazes are missing on the figures of Adam and Eve

  • the painting is abraded in places

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 25]

  • conservation treatment by Marie Sklenárová
  • conservation treatment by Jana Raslová

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