[...]. The sensual body of Eve, for instance, is stylized and defined by unlikely anatomical proportions. The spiraling curves of her hair have a life of their own. Cranach envisioned her as a temptress, and her blushing cheeks and small breasts are clearly meant to allure. This secular treatment of
[...]. The sensual body of Eve, for instance, is stylized and defined by unlikely anatomical proportions. The spiraling curves of her hair have a life of their own. Cranach envisioned her as a temptress, and her blushing cheeks and small breasts are clearly meant to allure. This secular treatment of an Old Testament subject was meant for pleasure rather than instruction. Adam and Eve 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
Pendant signed and dated
Signature / Dating
Pendant signed and dated
[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-Pb
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR195
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/US_NSF_M-1971-1-Pb/