
Property from a European Private Collection
Adam and Eve
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April 15, 11:01 AM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Netherlandish School, late 16th century
Adam and Eve
a pair, both oil on panel, in a portable altar
each: 17.8 x 7.2 cm.; 7 x 2⅞ in.
(2)
The iconography of these panels bears a relationship to German engravings, such as Hans Sebald Beham’s 1543 engraving of Adam and Eve after his brother, Barthel Beham (1502–1540).1
1 An impression of this engraving is in the Art Institute of Chicago: inv. no. 1921.316; sheet: 8.4 x 5.8 cm., engraving in black on ivory laid paper: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/80764/adam-and-eve
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