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Source Description
A student of Albrecht Dürer, Hans Baldung absorbed his master’s ideas for his own version of Adam and Eve. Set within a dark northern European forest, the first couple has already plucked the fruit from the central tree of knowledge. The starring role in the narrative goes to the serpent, whose massive form wraps around the tree, its monstrous head with jaws agape pointed toward Adam. With simplified garden imagery, the image may focus on the question of who bears responsibility for original sin: Adam, Eve, or the devil.
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Document identity
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130634
label
Adam and Eve
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
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130634
contentType
print
title
Adam and Eve
description
A student of Albrecht Dürer, Hans Baldung absorbed his master’s ideas for his own version of Adam and Eve. Set within a dark northern European forest, the first couple has already plucked the fruit from the central tree of knowledge. The starring role in the narrative goes to the serpent, whose massive form wraps around the tree, its monstrous head with jaws agape pointed toward Adam. With simplified garden imagery, the image may focus on the question of who bears responsibility for original sin: Adam, Eve, or the devil.
date
c. 1514
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79912590
creators
2644
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.); Sheet: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.)
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Germany
accession
1953.354
Source extras
tec
woodcut
tombstone
Adam and Eve, c. 1514. Hans Baldung (German, 1484/85–1545). Woodcut; image: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.); sheet: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1953.354
collection
PR - Woodcut
didYouKnow
The initials "HBG" on the tablet at lower right are the initials of the artist, Hans Baldung Grien.
catalogueRaisonne
Karlsruhe 219.1 ; Hollstein II.74.1
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 06:45:21.743000
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130634
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Prints
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PR - Woodcut
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woodcut
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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