lunes, 10 de marzo de 2014

Adam and Eve (Cranach)

Adam and Eve is a double painting by German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder, dating from 1528, now housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy.
The two biblical ancestors are portrayed, in two different panels, on a dark background, standing on a barely visible ground. Both hold two small branches which cover their sexual organs. Eve holds the traditional apple, with the snake coming to her from above from the tree of life. Adam is shown in a relaxed posture, his right elbow lying on the left border of his panel.
History
The work was part of the Tuscan Grand Dukes' collections since as early as 1688, and is included in the Uffizi since the beginning of the 18th century. Filippo Baldinucci attributed it to Albrecht Dürer, until the inventory of 1784 assigned it to Cranach.
The subject continues Dürer's anatomy studies culminated in the large Adam and Eve panels now in the Museo del Prado, which were the first real size...

2 comentarios:

  1. Ricardo Miguel Luis en twitter dice:

    @LeonDeSiracusa Bueno, entiendo que todos los personajes relevantes de la Biblia habrán recibido atención por parte de artistas.

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  2. Ricardo Miguel Luis en facebook dice:

    Debe ser de los más pintados... Adan y Eva

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