# Adam and Eve in Paradise

**Francesco Solimena** (Italian, 1657–1747)  
c. 1700  
Oil on canvas  
128.2 × 101 cm (50 1/2 × 39 3/4 in.); Framed: 145.1 × 117.2 × 6.4 cm (57 1/8 × 46 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1983.1047. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/101077).

## About this work

Francesco Solimena painted this in about 1700, aged about 38. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Francesco Solimena](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francesco-solimena)

Italian, 1657–1747

Solimena was the dominant painter in Naples for half a century, continuing the grand decorative manner of Luca Giordano while giving it firmer drawing and stronger contrasts of light and shade. His frescoes fill churches such as the Gesù Nuovo and San Paolo Maggiore, and his canvases went to patrons across Europe. His large studio and academy trained many artists, among them the young Allan Ramsay.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was about 38
- Real size: about 50 × 40 in (128 × 101 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 30 × 40 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 17th century
- Movement: [Baroque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/baroque)
- Subjects: Adam (Biblical), Eve (Biblical), angels, animals, men, women, man, woman
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/adam-and-eve-in-paradise-aic-101077).