ID: 700008928 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008928	Record Type: Movable Work

Adam and Eve (etching (print); Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669); 1638; Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, Un...; 1987.247)

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)

Catalog Level: item

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, 1606 - 1669) [preferred,VP]

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

Locations:

Current: Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, United States) [500304669] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

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 ivory laid paper

	laid paper [300014184]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

	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: 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:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

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

............... Adam and Eve

Sources and Contributors:
Adam and Eve	........ [VP]
	........ Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)

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

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

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