Adam and Eve (The Fall of Man), 1504

Title

Adam and Eve (The Fall of Man)

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 16th century

Object Type

• art print

Material

• handmade paper
• Vergé paper

Technique

• copperplate engraving

Geographic Reference

• German

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert in der Platte auf dem am Baum hängenden Täfelchen: ALBERT DVRER NORICVS FACIEBAT AD 1504 [Albrecht Dürer aus Nürnberg hat dies gemacht AD 1504]

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel der Sammlung Friedrich Kalle, Köln und Bonn (Lugt 1021)
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Ochsenkopf mit fünfteiliger Blume, Dreieck und zwei Querstrichen

Work Catalogues

• Hollstein German VII.5.1
• TIB 1001.001
• Schoch/Mende/ Scherbaum 1.110.39
• Meder 1932.69.1 II a-b
• Bartsch VII.30.1

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1875

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• nude

Main Motif

• Adam and Eve
• Adam
• Eve
• woman
• man
• animal
• couple
• tree

Persons Shown

• Adam
• Eve
• Adam and Eve

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 2,25-3,7

Primary

• 71A421 Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her)
• 71A32122 the tree of knowledge of good and evil (whose fruit, usually apples or figs, brings death); the tree may be guarded by the serpent

Secondary

• 25F24(STAG) hoofed animals: stag
• 47I2112 cow
• 25F3 birds
• 34B121 cat and mouse
• 25F26(HARE) rodents: hare