Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Title

Adam and Eve

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Painting on wood, transferred to a new support

Medium

Painting on wood, transferred to a new support

[Klein, Report 1997]

Wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 192]

The painting depicts Adam and Eve standing in front of shrubbery. The both look at each other and hold the apple together in their right hands. Adam holds a branch in his lowered left hand, which covers their nakedness with its leaves.

Behind them is the tree of knowledge from which

The painting depicts Adam and Eve standing in front of shrubbery. The both look at each other and hold the apple together in their right hands. Adam holds a branch in his lowered left hand, which covers their nakedness with its leaves.

Behind them is the tree of knowledge from which a serpent descends. In the background a stag looks out of the bushes.

[Herrschaft, cda 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Production date
1528

Production date

1528

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 56.6 x 35 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 56.6 x 35 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 192]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the trunk of the tree and dated '1528'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the trunk of the tree and dated '1528'

  • [cda 2013]

Owner
Detroit Institute of Arts
Repository
Detroit Institute of Arts
Location
Detroit
CDA ID
US_DIA_62-279
FR (1978) Nr.
FR192
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_DIA_62-279/

Provenance

  • Paris, sale Henri Haro, 12th and 13th December 1911, No. 4
  • Paris, Musée Galliera, sale of Mme B. De B, 10.04.1962, No. 2
  • New York, Gallery Rosenberg & Stiebel in 1963

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 192]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017 90 under no. 14
EditorFrancesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara
Title I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee [Uffizi, Florence]
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 192
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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  • Adam and Eve, 1528

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Technical studies

29.04.1997Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: not possible as the painting has been transferred to a new support

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Versions

Adam and Eve
  • Adam and Eve, about 1530
  • MX_MNSC
  • Painting
  • Mexico Distrito Federal

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