Adam and Eve

Artist Hans Baldung (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)

Date1519

MediumWoodcut

Dimensions10 x 3 3/4 inches (25.4 x 9.5 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Paul Ehrenfest, Class of 1932, and Elizabeth K. Ehrenfest

Terms

Woodcut
Adam
Apples
Eve
Female nudes
Fig leaves
Fruit
Male nudes
Old Testament
Trees

Object number75.047.004

Label CopyConsidered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer, Baldung Grien is best remembered for his innovative and often eccentric woodcuts (Grien was a nickname he acquired while apprenticing with Dürer, for his penchant for wearing green). Here Eve, though she holds the forbidden apple, appears to be the seduced rather than the traditional seducer. Baldung’s deft use of the woodcut line captures Adam’s wanton features as Eve seems to recoil from his touch. ("Imprint/ In Print," curated by Nancy E. Green with assistance from Christian Waibel '17 and presented at the Johnson Museum August 8 - December 20, 2015)

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