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Look at Adam’s hand pressed to his chest, then up at the apples hanging just above his head.
Cranach and his workshop painted Adam and Eve many times, and the Art Institute counts this pair of tall, narrow panels, made between 1533 and 1537, among the finest. The way the two figures stand follows Albrecht Dürer’s renowned paintings and prints of the first couple. Adam stands under the apple tree, a leafy sprig in one hand and the other pressed to his chest.
Oil on panel · 107.5 × 36.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Northern Renaissance
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- Museum title
- Adam
- Artist
- Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
- Date
- 1533–37
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 107.5 × 36.4 cm (42 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Framed: 121.6 × 51.6 cm (47 7/8 × 20 5/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1472–1553
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.