Adam and Eve

1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a man and a woman standing next to each other in a forest setting. The man has curly hair and a muscular build, looking towards the woman. The woman has long hair and holds an apple. Both are nude with leaves covering their lower bodies. The surroundings feature large trees, vegetation, and various animals at their feet. A parrot is perched on a branch held by the man, with a sign hanging from it. A serpent is seen beside the woman, and the forest extends into rocky cliffs in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 25.3 × 19.6 cm (9 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3491

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 1, state iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Constantin Raderschatt [mid-19th century], Cologne (Lugt 623); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 374); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 64.

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 12, repro.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 37.

1959

  • Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

1965

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

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 26, repro.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

Inscriptions

in plate, upper left, on hanging tablet: ALBERT [9 shaped form] / DVRER / NORICVS / FACIEBAT / AD [artist's monogram] 1504; verso, top center, in graphite by a later hand: alb[?]t [?]ü[?] [Albrecht Dürer?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: a. Dürer / B. 1; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 374; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: g [?]

Watermarks

bull's head (Meder 62)

Wikidata ID

Q64952631

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