Adam & Eve by Lucas Cranach
Lucas Cranach the Elder
German, 1492 (?)-1553
Adam, 1533/37
Eve, c. 1533/37
Oil on panel
Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection, 1935.294, 1935.295
DESCRIPTION:
For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was courter painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of Adam and Eve in these paintings reflects the influence of Albrecht Dürer's renowned classicizing treatment of the same subject in paintings and prints, Cranach's slender undulating figures conform to the contemporary courtly ideal of beauty. This pair is one of the finest of the many versions of the subject made by Cranach and his workshop.
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