Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Expulsion from Eden
Jan Saenredam; after Abraham Bloemaert
- Date
- 1604
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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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