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Adam

1507

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The story

Painted in Nuremberg just after Dürer returned from Venice, Adam and his companion Eve are considered the first life-size nudes in German art. Swedish troops carried the panels off from Prague, and Queen Christina gave them to Philip IV of Spain in 1654.

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Object details

Title: Adam
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Date: 1507
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on panel
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid (P002177)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0983
Original image: 1131 × 2921 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Albrecht Dürer. Adam. 1507. Museo del Prado, Madrid (P002177). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0983/