Expulsion of Adam and Eve

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Expulsion of Adam and Eve

John FaedLinkedCulture matchlcp-026a49b62bc2

Date
1880s
Medium
oil on fabric
Culture
Scotland
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
150046

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John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) was the principal literary source for John Faed's depiction of the expulsion of Adam and Eve. The archangel Michael directs the couple away from the lush gardens and heavenly radiance of Eden, while Satan in the form of a snake appears in the right foreground. In most representations of the subject, Michael guards the gates of Paradise with a fiery sword, as prescribed in both Genesis and Paradise Lost . Faed, on the other hand, has him brandishing a compass, an instrument traditionally employed by God the Father in his act of creating the world. A renewed interest in religious art in mid-19th-century Britain led John Faed to visit Palestine in 1857.

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Credit line
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Provenance
Until 1967: Private collector, consigned to Sotheby’s | 1967: (Sale, Sotheby’s, London, Jan. 11, 1967, lot 6, sold to the Fine Art Society, Ltd.) | 1967: (Fine Art Society, Ltd., London, sold to R. John Rickett) | 1967-1970: R. John Rickett [1930-1970], London, to his wife, Mrs. John Rickett | 1970-1975: Mrs. John Rickett, consigned to Sotheby’s Belgravia | 1975: (Sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, London, Nov. 11, 1975, lot 87) | c. 1975-1976: (Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, sold to Shepherd Gallery) | Until February 1977: (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin) | 1977-1980: Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin, Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin | 1980-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

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