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| Keywords: German - The Temptation of Adam and Eve - Walters 61156.jpg The figures of Adam and Eve were carved separately and then set into the base They are derived from Albrecht Dürer's enormously influential and often-copied engraving Dürer himself based his representations of the first man whom the Old Testament describes as made in the image of God on a then-famous antique statue of the Olympian god most known for his beauty Apollo The carver was probably not aware of the classical source for Dürer's Adam; he certainly made the proportions chunkier In general wood carvers were little influenced by the aesthetic norms of classical sculpture between 1520 1540 Renaissance carved boxwood cm 11 9 3 accession number 61 156 20934 Paris Henry Walters Baltimore 1893 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1893 Durers Verwandlung in der Skulptur zwischen Renaissance und Barock Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus Frankfurt am Main 1981-1982 place of origin Flanders Belgium Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Temptation of Adam and Eve Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
