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| Keywords: Albrecht Dürer - Adam.jpg Artwork Creator Albrecht Dürer 1507 Technique oil pine panel cm 209 81 Institution Museo del Prado 55b http //www wga hu/frames-e html /html/d/durer/1/06/1adameve html Web Gallery of Art object history König Philipp IV geschenkt This painting and the companion painting were a present from Queen Christine of Sweden to Felipe IV credit line en Reference number P02177 Dürer made this panel and its companion Eve P2178 upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505 Both works constitute an effort to synthesize what he had learned there in search of a balance between Italian and Germanic approaches that would permit the ideal perfection of the human body Thus the choice of a biblical subject here is mere pretext Dürer's knowledge of the classical nude is prodigious while the exactitude of his lines reveals the hand of a unique engraver rooted in the northern tradition The growing Italian influence is visible in the monumental grandeur of his figures while his Germanic orientation is clear in the colors the precise details and a naturalist taste that is expressionist in nature All this is further enlivened by his brilliant draftsman's mind accession number P02177 LangSwitch https //www museodelprado es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/adam/ Museo del Prado http //www museodelprado es/coleccion/galeria-on-line/galeria-on-line/obra/adan/ Museo del Prado thumb left Eva PD-old-100 Adam and Eve by Dürer in the Prado Museum 10 Taken with Hasselblad H3D-39 | ||||
