Search

Preview AR preview Switch to Print Buy Hand Made Painting Switch to Digital Image Send
Guide Add to favorites Download Similars X-Ray Diaporama Stats

Adam and Eve (The Fall)

leonhard kern (1588 – 1662)

Explore the dramatic biblical scenes & classical portraits of Leonhard Kern (1588-1662), a German Baroque artist known for poignant figures like 'Klagende Eva' and 'Abraham Leads Isaac'.

This group of two figures, carved with virtuoso skill from a single piece of ivory, depicts the Fall of Adam and Eve. In contrast to conventional treatments of the theme, this one dispenses with both the serpent and the tree of knowledge. Instead we see a tortoise and a greyhound, symbols of marital love and domestic virtue as well as submission and loyalty. The facial features of Adam, and especially the hooked nose, are easily recognized as those of the young Elector Friedrich Wilhelm (1620–1680), who would be known as the Great Elector. All the signs are that this was probably a wedding gift on the occasion of the twenty-six-year-old Elector’s marriage to the Dutch Princess Louise Henriette of Orange.
By the WikiOO.org Editorial Team

About this artwork

WikiOO.org © WikiOO.org - All Rights Reserved