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Albrecht Dürer: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Nuremberg
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
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Nuremberg; Venice; Basel; Strasbourg; Colmar; Frankfurt; Mainz; Cologne; Innsbruck; Bologna; Milan; Florence; 's-Hertogenbosch; Arnemuiden; Baarle-Nassau; Bergen op Zoom; Goes; Heerewaarden; Middelburg; Nijmegen; Oisterwijk; Sittard; Stokkum, Gelderland; Tilburg; Veere; Zaltbommel; Zierikzee; Antwerp; Mechelen; Rome; Lutherstadt Wittenberg (1504) Edit this at Wikidata
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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
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This engraving, a deceptive later copy of Albrecht Dürer's original, demonstrates the artist's fascination with ideal form. Adam and Eve are positioned symmetrically in a dark German forest, diverging from the garden described in Genesis. Adam, resembling the Hellenistic Apollo Belvedere, reveals Dürer's exposure to ancient art seen through drawings.

By this date, Dürer's engraving mastery is evident, intricately detailing human, animal and plant textures. The mountain ash symbolises the Tree of Life and the fig the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. Animals represent medieval temperaments, aligning with Dürer's cultural pride and Italian influences, blending German identity with the classical tradition, evident in the humours' symbolism and classical figures.
Date 1471-1528
Medium Engraving on paper
Dimensions 257 x 195 mm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
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20/1932/109
Credit line Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
Inscriptions Albert Durer Noricus Faciebat 1504
Source/Photographer Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
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