Rembrandt

Illustration number 1001495456
Dimensions: 650x645 pixels
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Object information

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1638 (1637 - 1638)

The print for which this drawing is a study is dated 1638.

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Twee studies van Adam en Eva
English title: Two studies of Adam and Eve
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: figure study (main subject), square, man, woman, full-length portrait, half-length, nude, hand gesture, fruit, Old Testament and Apocrypha
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 71A422
Eve offers the fruit to Adam

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

preliminary study for
Rembrandt
Adam and Eve, dated 1638, etching touched with black chalk, 162 x 116 mm, state I, British Museum, London, inv. no. 1852,1211.42 (The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish 1993-, no. 168.I).

Provenance

Collection(s): Universitaire bibliotheken Leiden - Bijzondere collecties, Leiden , inv./cat.nr PK-T-AW-1097
From the collection of Albert Welcker according to the online collection catalogue (accessed 2019-04-23).
Print Room

Auction(s)

Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam (stad), Robiano e.a., 1926-06-15, lotnr. 422
2600
Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam (stad), W.P.R. Valentiner, 1932-10-25, lotnr. 35
Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam (stad), A.W.M. Mensing, 1937-04-27 - 1937-04-28, lotnr. 553

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Literature

P. Schatborn, "Tekeningen van Rembrandt in verband met zijn etsen", Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis 38 (1986), no. 1-2, p. 1-38.
D.R. Smith, "Raphael's Creation, Rembrandt's Fall", Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 50 (1987), p. 496-508.
W.L. Meijer, "Oude en Nieuwe Accenten in Rembrandts Ets De Zondeval (B. 28)", Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis (2001), no. 1-2, p. 11-23.

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

Creation date: 1999-06-02; Last modified date: 2022-05-30

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