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Woodcut

ca. 1527 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Set against a wooded backdrop, Adam and Eve stand either side of an apple tree, the snake wrapped around the trunk. Eve takes an apple from the snake's mouth. The apple tree is topped by a skull. In front of the backdrop of trees is a parrot and a stag. A lizard is just about to climb up the apple tree trunk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woodcut on paper
Brief description
Anonymous copy after Hans Sebald Beham, woodcut of Adam and Eve; Germany, 1527-1550.
Physical description
Set against a wooded backdrop, Adam and Eve stand either side of an apple tree, the snake wrapped around the trunk. Eve takes an apple from the snake's mouth. The apple tree is topped by a skull. In front of the backdrop of trees is a parrot and a stag. A lizard is just about to climb up the apple tree trunk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.8in
  • Width: 10.3in
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
[watermark; A in circle] (horizontal, top, top facing Adam)
Production
corresponds to 687b(I) in Pauli; dated close to original by Boorsch
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Pauli, G. H. S. Beham. Ein Kritisches Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche, Badirungen und Holtzschnitte. Strassburg, 1901, no. 687b(I)
  • Pauli, G. H. S. Beham. Nachtrage zu dem Kritisches Verzeichnis. Strassburg, 1911.
Other number
167b(I) - Pauli
Collection
Accession number
E.204-1891

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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