Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
Adam and Eve
c.1510-1515Engraving | 24.1 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850175
An engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Adam and Eve in a landscape. Trimmed within the platemark.
Scholars dispute the source for this composition. The figure of Adam is very similar to the one depicted by Raphael in a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.180 verso; see RCIN 850176 for a photograph of it). On the other hand, the background landscape and the style of the trees are influenced by the engravings of Lucas van Leyden. See Bibliographic References for further discussion. Shoemaker (see Bibliographic References) dates this engraving c.1512-1514.
Scholars dispute the source for this composition. The figure of Adam is very similar to the one depicted by Raphael in a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.180 verso; see RCIN 850176 for a photograph of it). On the other hand, the background landscape and the style of the trees are influenced by the engravings of Lucas van Leyden. See Bibliographic References for further discussion. Shoemaker (see Bibliographic References) dates this engraving c.1512-1514.
Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
24.1 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Horticulture
- Apples
- Horticulture
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Reptiles
- Snakes
- Reptiles
- Animals
- Zoology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 100-102, no. 22 (Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981 : Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981)
p. 164, no. I.1 (entry written by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
