id:			124986
accession number:	1946.429
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.429
updated:		2025-06-28 05:04:02.867000

Adam and Eve (pair of statuettes), c. 1535. Daniel Mauch (German, 1477–1540). Boxwood; overall: 18.3 x 7 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1946.429

title:				Adam and Eve (pair of statuettes)
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creation date:			c. 1535
creation date earliest:		1530
creation date latest:		1540
current location:		114 Late Northern Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany
technique:	boxwood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Daniel Mauch (German, 1477–1540)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 18.3 x 7 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone
	opening date:   1949-01-15T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-June 2, 1949).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Ernö Wittmann (Budapest, Hungary), died 1963, sold through M & R Stora & Co. (New York, New York) to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1946.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Adam and Eve." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no, 6 (June 1947): 114, 118-120.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover, p. 118; Mentioned: p. 119
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141375

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 106
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n130

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 106
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n130

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 126
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n146

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 178
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