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Eve Repentant

c. 1875

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The story

Watts closed his Eve trilogy with this scene of shame, after She Shall Be Called Woman and Eve Tempted, painting versions from the late 1860s until 1904. Eve hides her face so her body carries the remorse, and his wife Mary saw the series moving from strength to weakness.

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Object details

Title: Eve Repentant
Artist: George Frederic Watts
Date: c. 1875
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Tate, London (N01644)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0927
Original image: 1365 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

George Frederic Watts. Eve Repentant. c. 1875. Tate, London (N01644). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0927/