Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Image View: 
Detail, animals including guinea fowl, a turkey, scarlet ibis, rabbit and otters
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.museivaticani.va/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-PETER-VM-AEGE-A08
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.