Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[cda 2026]

Print, woodcut

Adam and Eve or The Fall. The couple is located at the centre of the image underneath the tree, holding apples, with the serpent on one of the branches, and surrounded by deer and other animals. The Saxon shields hang from a bough in the upper left corner.

[cda 2026]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Inventor*in

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Inventor*in

[cda 2026]

Dating
1509

Dating

1509

[dated]

Chronology
1509
from 1509

Chronology

1509

[Armin Kunz/cda 2026]

from 1509

[Armin Kunz/cda 2026]

from 1509

[Armin Kunz/cda 2026]

Dimensions
Image: 333-335 x 228-230 mm

Dimensions

  • Image: 333-335 x 228-230 mm

  • [cda 2023]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia in the block on a sheet of paper attached to the tree trunk: winged serpent facing left; with the monogram 'LC' and dated '1509' ('9' back-to-front)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia in the block on a sheet of paper attached to the tree trunk: winged serpent facing left; with the monogram 'LC' and dated '1509' ('9' back-to-front)

  • [cda 2019]

CDA ID
LC_HVI-10_1
Bartsch-No
VII.279.1
GND-No
https://d-nb.info/gnd/1074430948
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/LC_HVI-10_1/

References

Reference on page
Geisberg, Strauss 1974
AuthorMax Geisberg
EditorWalter L. Strauss
TitleThe German single-leaf woodcut 1500 - 1550
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1974
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Jahn, Bernhard 1972 278, 292-295
AuthorJohannes Jahn
EditorMarianne Bernhard
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere: 1472 - 1553. Das gesamte graphische Werk. Mit Exempeln aus dem graphischen Werk Lucas Cranach des Jüngeren und der Cranachwerkstatt
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1972
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Hollstein 1959 10
AuthorFriedrich W. H. Hollstein
TitleCranach - Drusse
Publicationin K.G. Boon and R.W. Scheller, eds., Hollstein's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts: ca. 1400 - 1700
Volume6
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1959
ReferencesGND 1132640032
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Geisberg 1930
AuthorMax Geisberg
TitleBilder-Katalog zu Max Geisberg: Der deutsche Einblatt-Holzschnitt in der ersten Hälfte des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1930
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Dodgson 1911 294
AuthorCampbell Dodgson
TitleCatalogue of Early German and Flemish woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. II
Volume2
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1911
Link https://archive.org/details/catalogueofearly02brit/page/292/mode/2up
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Heller 1854 124
AuthorJoseph Heller
TitleLucas Cranach's Leben und Werke
Place of PublicationNuremberg
Year of Publication1854
Link http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757
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Schuchardt 1851 C 192
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Bartsch 1808 279
AuthorAdam Bartsch
TitleLe peintre graveur. Les vieux maitres allemands
Volume7
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1808
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-228876
ReferencesGND 997996056
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  • Adam and Eve, after 1509
State / Edition
Only state; edition b)
Dating
after 1509

Dating

after 1509

[cda 2026]

Medium
Print on laid paper

Medium

Print on laid paper

[cda 2026]

Dimensions
Sheet: 339 x 233 mm

Dimensions

CDA ID
DE_HAUMB_LCranachdAe-AB3-1
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HAUMB_LCranachdAe-AB3-1
Owner
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
Repository
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
Location
Braunschweig

Provenance

Accession before 1878
[[Virtuelles Kupferstichkabinett, accessed 17-02-2026]]

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Technical studies

2025 - Technical Examination

  • Examination of paper / structural analysis

Support

Paper type: laid

Chain line, orientation to image: horizontal

Chain lines (intervals): 31,32,30,30,30,31,29,30,32,31

Laid lines (density): (11)/10 mm

Mould side: verso

[cda 2025]

Process, Medium

Matrix, quality: medium - poor

Impression, quality: medium

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  • Watermark

Watermark: present

Watermark, image: crown with cross

Watermark, dimensions: 140 x 49 mm

[cda 2025]

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