Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
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Image View:
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Detail, rooster, sheep, guinea pigs, rabbit and male and female peacocks
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Creator:
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Wenzel Peter (Austrian painter, 1745-1829)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 41266
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Location Note:
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Pinacoteca, Room XVI
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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ca. 1800-1829 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Austrian
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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336 cm (height) x 247 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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animal; botanical; landscape; Old Testament and Apocrypha
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Description:
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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.museivaticani.va/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-PETER-VM-AEGE-A07
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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