The Temptation of Eve

1548

Augustin Hirschvogel

Associated Names
Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

This is a drawing of a scene in a natural setting with a tree and various animals. The image includes a tree, branches, leaves, a deer, a goat, and a snake on the trunk. The landscape features hills, and the drawing is detailed with intricate etching lines. The text in German below suggests a narrative or allegorical theme. The scene is rich in symbolic elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.97

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1971, no. 21

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

Bibliography

1917

  • -- see Schwarz 1917 for full citation -- use 'Schwarz 1971' for Hirschvogel's "Konkordanz" prints only

Wikidata ID

Q65219736

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