Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Adam and Eve
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Hans Baldung (German painter, ca. 1484-1545)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 27 (1929.17)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
1531 (creation)
Cultural Context:
German
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
147.5 cm (height) x 67.3 cm (width)
Subjects:
Old Testament and Apocrypha; Northern Renaissance; apple; serpent; Garden of Eden
Description:
In this panel Baldung Grien depicts a traditional subject from biblical history in an unusual way, using a long, narrow format. Baldung Grien depicts the moment just prior to the Original Sin. The only discordant and contrasting chromatic note is provided by the powerful, striking red of the apple held by Eve. Dating from Baldung Grien’s mature period, it recalls the painting of the same subject by his master Dürer which he would probably have seen during his time in the latter’s studio. Baldung Grien depicted the subject of Original Sin on numerous other occasions, including two prints dated 1511 and 1519. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GRIEN-TBM-AAE-A0 1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Adam and Eve