Sculpture
Adam and Eve's Expulsion From Paradise
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- Date
- late 17th century
- Accession number
- 2007.17.7
- Maker
- Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
- Circle
- master from the circle of Leonhard Kern(Opens in new tab) (German, 1588–1662)
- Dimensions
- height including base: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.)
- Medium
- boxwood
- Description
- In this sculptural group inspired by the biblical book of Genesis, Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden of Eden after they ate fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
