Adam and Eve
engraving by Albrecht Dürer
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Summary
Adam and Eve is a print[1]. It draws 453 Wikipedia views per month (print category, ranking #9 of 35).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Albrecht Dürer[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Instance of: engraving[5]
- Maintained by: Drawings and Prints[6]
- Movement: German Renaissance[7]
- Genre: nude[8], religious art[9]
- Based on: Book of Genesis[10], Apollo Belvedere[11]
- Depicts: Adam[12], Eve[13], tree of the knowledge of good and evil[14], nudity[15], pubic hair[16], fig leaf[17], contrapposto[18], serpent in the Bible[19], couple[20], cat[21], Alces alces[22], oxen[23], bird[24], rabbit[25]
- Made from material: laid paper[26]
- Collection: Allen Memorial Art Museum[27], Art Institute of Chicago[28], Art Gallery of Ontario[29], British Museum[30], Chester Beatty Library[31], Cincinnati Art Museum[32], Cleveland Museum of Art[33], Graphic Art Collection of the City of Nuremberg[34], Harvard Art Museums[35], Israel Museum[36], Kupferstichkabinett Berlin[37], Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden[38], Library of Congress[39], Los Angeles County Museum of Art[40]
- Inventory number: 1967.33[41], 84/2[42], 1944.614[43], 1868,0822.167[44], WEp 0054[45], 1943.193[46], 1944.473[47], 1958.111[48], Gr.A. 12779[49], G1055[50], 219758[51], 101-1893[52], A 731[53], A 832[54]
Why It Matters
Adam and Eve has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]