ID: 700008929 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008929	Record Type: Conceptual
Images: 1

Adam and Eve (etching (print); Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, printmaker, 1606-1669); 1638)

Note: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn's etching of Adam and Eve, depicts the story of the first Man and Woman with descriptive, wiry lines that create an evocative atmosphere. Shown at the moment of temptation, the couple is surrounded by light that seems about to be blotted out by the dark tree branch and leering serpent (the devil) stretching ominously above them. With their fleshy bodies and ordinary faces (so far removed from Dürer's idealized pair), Rembrandt's Adam and Eve are easy to identify with; their confusion, temptation, and choice become ours.

Titles:

Adam and Eve (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Adam en Eva (C,U,Dutch,U,U)

Catalog Level: multiples

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1638

Creator Display:

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, printmaker, 1606-1669) [preferred,VP]

printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, printmaker, 1606-1669) [500011051]

Locations:

Not Applicable:

Repository Numbers: 1987.247

Credit Line: Gift of Marjorie Blum Kovler Foundation Collection and the Harry and Maribel G. Blum Foundation Collection

Display Materials: etching on paper

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: around 162 x 116 mm

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise [901000428]
	.....((Legend of Adam and Eve, Old Testament narratives, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Fall of Man [901001323]
	.....((Legend of Adam and Eve, Old Testament narratives, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Recto, in plate, lower center: "Rembrandt f. 1638"

Marks: collector's mark, gestempeld

State: II/II

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

Sources and Contributors:
Adam and Eve	........ [VP]
	........ Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
Adam en Eva	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Bartsch, Le peintre graveur (1803-1821) Bartsch 28-2(2)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)