Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[Östergötlands Museum, revised 2016]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 658-659, No. 574]

The first couple is accompanied by a deer and a stag, a lion and lioness and a pair of partridges. Adam bites into the apple mislead by Eve who cajoles him, holding her left raised leg with her hand.

[see Koepplin, Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 658-659, No. 574]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Cranach

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2017]

Hans Cranach

(?) [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 658-659, No. 574]

Production dates
about 1527
about 1530-1533

Production dates

about 1527

[cda 2017]

about 1530-1533

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 658-659, No. 574]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 82 x 58 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 82 x 58 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 658-659, No. 574]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree trunk (?): serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree trunk (?): serpent with elevated wings

Inscriptions and Labels

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • None

Owner
Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Repository
Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Location
Linköping
CDA ID
SE_OGML_B243
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_OGML_B243/

Provenance

  • recorded in the inventory of the imperial collection in Prague from 1621
  • 1648 taken to Sweden as part of the war loot
    [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 658-659, No. 574]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, No. 574

  • Adam and Eve, about 1527

Images

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Technical studies

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  • created by Archiv Paolo Cadorin, Kunstmuseum Basel

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