Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Image View:
Detail, center group of Adam and Eve, surrounded by animals, including lions
Creator:
Wenzel Peter (Austrian painter, 1745-1829)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 41266
Location Note:
Pinacoteca, Room XVI
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 1800-1829 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Austrian
Style Period:
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
336 cm (height) x 247 cm (width)
Subjects:
animal; botanical; landscape; Old Testament and Apocrypha
Description:
The large canvas represents the climax of Wenzel Peter's career. His specialty was as an animal painter; the theme of the Garden of Eden allowed him to show over 200 animals with both an extraordinary naturalism, and a detailed knowledge and scientific precision. In 1831 Gregory XVI (pontiff from 1831 to 1846) purchased twenty of Peter's works to furnish the Room of the Consistory in the Papal State Apartment. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivati cani.va/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PETER-VM-AEGE-A0 3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden