The Expulsion from Paradise

Prints and Drawings

1510

Lucas van Leyden
Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533

Because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, God expelled them from the Garden of Eden. Although Eve’s sinful disobedience resulted in their exile from paradise, toil, and mortality, Lucas van Leyden sympathetically represented Eve as a mother, lovingly holding her infant son and gazing into his tiny face. This depiction of maternal love is reminiscent of contemporary images of the Madonna and Christ. Eve’s statuesque, refined figure and classically draped clothing strongly contrast with Adam’s savage exterior and tattered, fur-trimmed trappings.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Lucas van Leyden
Title: The Expulsion from Paradise
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1510
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 16.3 × 11.8 cm (6 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 12.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 16.9 × 12.2 cm (6 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1938.1570
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Hollstein 11 I/I

Volbehr 11

Bartsch 11

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