Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Dorotheum online database, accessed 04.03.2021]

Painting on oak

[Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903, 6, no. 25]
[Cat. Breslau 1908, 64, no. 857]

The painting depicts the first couple in front of the tree of knowledge against a backdrop of shrubbery. Eve stands on the right holding an apple in each hand. She captures Adam's gaze and offers him the apple in her right hand. Above them the serpent is coiled around the

The painting depicts the first couple in front of the tree of knowledge against a backdrop of shrubbery. Eve stands on the right holding an apple in each hand. She captures Adam's gaze and offers him the apple in her right hand. Above them the serpent is coiled around the trunk of the tree. The scene is animated by a pair of partridges, deer and a stag.

[cda 2023]

Attribution
Wolfgang Krodel the Elder

Attribution

Wolfgang Krodel the Elder

[Dorotheum online database, accessed 04.03.2021]; [Cat. Breslau 1908, 64, no. 857]; [Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903, 6, no. 25]

Production date
1543

Production date

1543

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 118 x 79 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom centre: 'WK' and dated '1543'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom centre: 'WK' and dated '1543'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P281
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P281/

Provenance

Exhibitions

Erfurt 1903, no. 25

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Breslau 1908 64 857
AuthorRobert Kahl
TitleSchlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste zu Breslau. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde
Place of PublicationBreslau
Issue5th Edition
Year of Publication1908
Link https://sbc.org.pl//dlibra/metadatasearch?action=AdvancedSearchAction&type=-3&val1=Title:%22Beschreibendes+Verzeichnis+der+Gem%C3%A4lde.+Schlesisches+Museum+der+Bildenden+K%C3%BCnste+zu+Breslau.+%5C-+5.+Aufl%22
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Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903 6 025
EditorOskar Doering
TitleKatalog der kunstgeschichtlichen Ausstellung zu Erfurt, September 1903
Place of PublicationMagdeburg
Year of Publication1903
Link https://archive.org/details/katalogderkunstg00ange/page/n1/mode/2up
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Research History / Discussion

A very similar composition but of a slightly smaller format is known to exist in a privated collection [PRIVATE_NONE-P311].

[cda 2023]

  • Adam and Eve, 1543

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