Hans Holbein the Younger 1497/8 – 1543
Adam and Eve
oil on paper on panel (30 × 36 cm) — 1517
Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
Hans Holbein the Younger biography
This work is linked to Genesis 3:12
Genesis 3 - Old Testament
Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fru
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Eve has just taken a bite from the forbidden fruit and now offers it to Adam. He gazes into the blue, perhaps pondering the consequences.
The apple is worm-eaten. Perhaps Holbein added that detail to emphasize the corrupted character of the episode.
At the time, in German areas such bust-high double-portraits were common for the depiction of married couples. By using that format, Holbein put the biblical scene in every-day life.
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