[...].Cranach's treatment of forms and space is rather abstract, even though our initial impression may focus on their apparent naturalism. The highly linear, ornamental manner, and corresponding emotional detachment, are consistent with the Mannerist aesthetic of the sixteenth century. This secular treatment of an Old Testament subject was meant for
[...].Cranach's treatment of forms and space is rather abstract, even though our initial impression may focus on their apparent naturalism. The highly linear, ornamental manner, and corresponding emotional detachment, are consistent with the Mannerist aesthetic of the sixteenth century. This secular treatment of an Old Testament subject was meant for pleasure rather than instruction. 'Adam' and 'Eve' (M.1991.1.P) were probably painted for a member of the court of the Elector and intended to hang in domestic surroundings.
[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012] |
- Production date
- about 1530
Production date
| about 1530 | [Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 190.5 x 69.9 cm (75 x 27 1/2 in.)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 190.5 x 69.9 cm (75 x 27 1/2 in.)
[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]
190 x 70 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 195]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the base of the tree trunk: winged serpent; in yellow paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the base of the tree trunk: winged serpent; in yellow paint
[Norton Simon Art Foundation, online database 2012]
- Owner
- n. a.
- Repository
- Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasadena, California
- Location
- Pasadena
- CDA ID
- US_NSF_M-1971-1-Pa
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR195
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/US_NSF_M-1971-1-Pa/