Adam and Eve

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Adam and Eve

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-7924f2657395

Date
1638
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Culture
Holland
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
70019

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn's etching of Adam and Eve , depicts the story of the first Man and Woman with descriptive, wiry lines that create an evocative atmosphere. Shown at the moment of temptation, the couple is surrounded by light that seems about to be blotted out by the dark tree branch and leering serpent (the devil) stretching ominously above them. With their fleshy bodies and ordinary faces (so far removed from Dürer's idealized pair), Rembrandt's Adam and Eve are easy to identify with; their confusion, temptation, and choice become ours.

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Gift of Marjorie Blum Kovler Foundation Collection and the Harry and Maribel G. Blum Foundation Collection
Provenance
Adolf Schwartz, Amstelveen, Holland [invoice]. Sold by Robert Light, Santa Barbara, Calif., to the Art Institute, 1987.

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