# Adam and Eve, in 16th-century Germany

Albrecht Dürer made this in 1504, aged 33. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Adam and Eve stand in the Garden of Eden at the instant before the Fall, as the serpent offers the fruit and Eve reaches to take it. Dürer used the pair to set out his study of ideal human proportions, drawn from classical sculpture, and engraved them with extraordinary precision.

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## The work

- Date: 1504
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (25.1 x 20cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.73.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albrecht-durer), German, 1471–1528

Dürer trained as a goldsmith with his father and then under the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut, whose studio produced woodcut book illustrations.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/albrecht-durer?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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