The Expulsion from Eden

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Expulsion from Eden

Jan Saenredam; after Abraham BloemaertLinkedCulture matchlcp-7f6b29e543f8

Date
1604
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
54233

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A fervent Catholic in a chiefly Protestant culture, the Utrecht artist Abraham Bloemaert spread his faith by having his religious drawings engraved as prints. The banishing angel seems to fracture this print into a mass of diagonals, in a warning against sin. Eve recoils in her newfound nakedness while Adam frames Eve with outstretched arms. This creates a visual loop that illustrates Genesis 3:12-13: Adam blames God for sending him woman (Eve), and she blames the serpent for beguiling her. Netherlands, Europe

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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund

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