Eve

Eve

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Opac-fabritius, accessed 23.11.2021]

An almost life-size depiction of Eve shown as a full-length figure, facing left. She has taken a bite out of the apple she presents in her right hand, while she holds another in her left hand, which she has placed on her hip. Eve stands on her left leg and

An almost life-size depiction of Eve shown as a full-length figure, facing left. She has taken a bite out of the apple she presents in her right hand, while she holds another in her left hand, which she has placed on her hip. Eve stands on her left leg and has wrapped her right leg around it. Part of the tree of knowledge is shown at the left edge and this pictorial devise leads over to the pendant piece, a panel depicting Adam. The serpent coils itself around the branches of the tree, a stag has settled beside Eve and behind her the space is filled with small bushes.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger (and workshop)

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://www.opac-fabritius.be; 20.01.2011]

Lucas Cranach the Younger (and workshop)

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 144, No. 357C]

Dating
after 1537

Dating

after 1537

[Opac-fabritius, accessed 23.11.2021]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 175.3 x 67.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 175.3 x 67.4 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Labels

Reverse of the panel, on the cradle: Label: 'MUSÉES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BELGIQUE, Auteur Cranach, Lucas, Sujet …

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:

  • Reverse of the panel, on the cradle: Label: 'MUSÉES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BELGIQUE, Auteur Cranach, Lucas, Sujet Eve, Inventaire n° 2627, cat 123b'

Owner
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Repository
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Location
Brussels
CDA ID
BE_MRBAB_2627
FR (1978) Nr.
FR357C
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/BE_MRBAB_2627/

Connected Works1

Adam
  • Adam, after 1537
  • BE_MRBAB_2626
  • Painting
  • Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

Provenance

- acquired from Léon Gauchez, art dealer, Paris, 1874
[Opac-fabritius, accessed 23.11.2021]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini 2015 134, Fn. 46
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich, Ingo Sandner, Helen Smith-Contini
TitleVeränderungen beim Unterzeichnen in Cranachs Werkstatt und die Arbeitsweise von Sohn Lucas
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5215/6337/7366/Heydenreich_Sandner_Smith-Contini_2015_-_Unterzeichnung.pdf
Pages128-141
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Heydenreich 2010 A 78 69, 70
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleReisende Bilder im Wandel
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages66-79
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 141 No. 357C
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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  • Eve, after 1537

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Technical studies

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; probably red chalk

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • detail

Underdrawing

'red chalk'

[Heydenreich 2010 A, 78]

Paint Layers and Gilding

'On the panel depicting Eve a correction to the position of her foot made during the painting process is visible to the naked eye'

[Heydenreich 2010 A, 78]

  • written by Gunnar Heydenreich

Condition Reports

Date2011

The panel has been thinned and a cradle was applied

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

  • written by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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