Adam and Eve; or The Fall of Man – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures Adam and Eve; or The Fall of Man in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Adam and Eve; or The Fall of Man
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Lucas van Leyden signed this engraving with his initial L and dated it on the plate, a habit that makes its date of 1519 one of the more secure facts about it. The subject, the Fall of Man, comes from the opening chapters of Genesis, where Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit and are cast out of Eden. Lucas was a Dutch artist working in the early sixteenth century, and his prints were widely collected and copied across Europe. Notice the fine, dense hatching he used to model the bodies and foliage, which shows the precision that made engraving a prized medium of the period.
| Created / published | 1519 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Subjects | Engraving by Lucas van Leyden. Signed with initial L and dated on plate. Ref. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bible--Old Testament; Art. Works. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 961 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157344 |
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