id: 123964
accession number: 1944.473
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.473
updated: 2019-11-18 10:15:52.456000
Adam and Eve, 1504. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving; sheet: 25.2 x 19.4 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/8 in.); image: 25 x 19.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1944.473
title: Adam and Eve
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creation date: 1504
creation date earliest: 1504
creation date latest: 1504
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: Germany, early 16th Century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Meder 1
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CREATORS
* Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 25.2 x 19.4 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Image: 25 x 19.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
state of the work: II/III
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00
Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-April 1, 1967).
title: Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary
opening date: 1971-02-19T05:00:00
Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 19-March 28, 1971).
title: Eight Masters of the Print
opening date: 1980-10-14T04:00:00
Eight Masters of the Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).
title: Albrecht Dürer and His Influence
opening date: 1991-01-16T05:00:00
Albrecht Dürer and His Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).
title: Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900
opening date: 1999-03-14T00:00:00
Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 14-May 23, 1999).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 14 - May 23, 1999. "Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500 - 1900."
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/22/2014 - 9/28/2014); "Dürer's Women: Images of Devotion & Desire"
The Cleveland Museum of Art (08/26/2017-12/31/2017): “Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art”
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PROVENANCE
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Dürer based Adam’s pose on the Apollo Belvedere, a Roman sculpture discovered in Italy during the late 1400s. He constructed the idealized bodies of Adam and Eve using geometry and a mathematical system of proportion loosely derived from ancient models. For Dürer, who mostly depicted Christian subjects, the creation of theoretically perfect human bodies was a pathway to comprehending the divine. He thus represented Adam and Eve as he understood them in both theological and artistic terms: moments before tasting the forbidden fruit, they are still uncorrupted by sin and death, existing in a state of faultless beauty.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.473/1944.473_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.473/1944.473_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.473/1944.473_full.tif