Object number1985.10
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve
DateMid 1500s
circle of
Pontormo
(Italian, 1494 - 1557)
CultureItalian [Florentine]
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsUnframed: 28 7/8 x 22 7/8 in. (73.34 x 58.1 cm)
Framed: 34 3/4 x 29 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (88.27 x 74.3 x 6.35 cm)
Framed: 34 3/4 x 29 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (88.27 x 74.3 x 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul DesMarais, Mrs. Atwood Allaire, and Pamela Askew, in memory of their mother, Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr.
On View
Not on viewPeriodMid 16th c
Classification(s)
Medici Collection, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1735;
Christie’s Sale 18.6, London, June 18, 1954, Lot 158;
Purchased by Alfred Scharf, 1954;
Sold to Durlacher Brothers, New York, March 27,1956;
Purchased by Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr., 1956;
Gifted to The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 1985
Exhibition HistoryBacchiacca and His Friends: Florentine Paintings and Drawings of the Sixteenth Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, January 10 - February 19, 1961;
Festival of the Bible in the Arts, Temple Emanu-El, Houston, TX, March 11 - 26, 1961
Man: Glory, Jest and Riddle, A Survey of the Human Form through the Ages, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, November 10, 1964 - January 3, 1965;
Promised Gifts '77, Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 20 - May 22, 1977
DescriptionDepiction of Adam and Eve side by side looking upwards towards God and two cherubs in the upper left corner as they are expelled from paradise. A tree and rocks are at center and divide between the landscape of paradise at left and the shadows at right with a dragon-like form. Adam and Eve wear only a strand of vines at their waist and have attenuated bodies common in this period and region. Eve extends her hand upward towards God with desperation while Adam has a look of repentance.
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