Adam en Eva, Johannes Wierix, after Albrecht Dürer, 1566

Title(s)

Adam en Eva

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-66.804

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 22-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• number: ‘22 _ 64’

Description

Adam en Eva in de Hof van Eden omringd door dieren. Eva neemt juist de verboden vrucht aan van de slang.

Artist

• print maker: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object)
• after print by: Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1566

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 252 mm × width 197 mm

What

• Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The Wierix family : part I, Marjolein Leesberg, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Jan Van der Stock, p. 13, 14, cat.nr. 22