God Forbids to Eat from the Tree

1540

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561

This print shows three people with pale skin. On the left are a man and a woman, both depicted fully nude. They stand closely together on the left side of the image, facing the right where the third person stands. The woman has long, wavy hair that falls past her shoulders, and the man has curly, short hair. The third person, situated on the right, is an older man, cloaked in a long, flowing robe. He has long hair and a beard, and his clothing is detailed, featuring elaborate folds and patterns. He is positioned with one arm raised upward, pointing with his index finger. The background consists of large tree trunks with thick foliage and round fruit overhead, along with small stones on the ground beneath the bare feet of the people.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.216

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 2, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 6); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Heinrich Aldegreaver, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 2, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64957312

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