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Adam

Statuette
ca. 1850-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (made)

This statuette made in Germany, in about 1850-1900, is in sycamore wood. It represents Adam after the engraving by Albrecht Dürer. Although Dürer's paints were a popular source for sculpture from the early 16th century, the smooth quality of these carvings suggest that they are contemporary with their bases and produced not long before 1900 as historicising works rather than fakes intended to deceive.

Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Sculpture
Religion
SCRAN
Object type
Statuette
TitleAdam (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Waxed and glazed sycamore
Brief description
Sycamore statuette of Adam, German, probably about 1850-1900
Physical description
Statuette in sycamore wood representing Adam. Adam stands on a rock holding an apple in his left hand.
Dimensions
  • Without base height: 18.5cm
  • With base diameter: 26.5cm
  • Width: 4cm
  • Depth: 3cm
Subjects depicted
Apple
Vine
Adam
Summary
This statuette made in Germany, in about 1850-1900, is in sycamore wood. It represents Adam after the engraving by Albrecht Dürer. Although Dürer's paints were a popular source for sculpture from the early 16th century, the smooth quality of these carvings suggest that they are contemporary with their bases and produced not long before 1900 as historicising works rather than fakes intended to deceive.
Associated object
A.75-1923 (Set)
Bibliographic references
  • Jopek, Nobert. German Sculpture 1430-1540, A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2002. cat. no. 79a. p. 161.
  • Sauerlandt, Max. Kleinplastik der deutschen Renaissance. Königstein im Taunus, Langewiesche, 1927. pls. 96, 97. p. 17.
  • Bartrum, Giulia, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist, London: British Museum, 2003.
  • Beck, Herbert, and Bernhard Decker, Dürer's Verwandlung in der Skulptur Zwischen Renaissance und Barock, Frankfurt: Liebieghaus, 1982.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.74-1923

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Record createdMarch 5, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O96297/adam-statuette-unknown/
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