Adam and Eve (1518): Art, History and Details

Adam and Eve (1518) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ludwig Krug (German, 1490–1532).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The present plaquette is the only signed and dated work in bronze by Ludwig Krug. The plaquette exists in two examples, the earlier of which was cast only with the date "1515" (the date of the model) on the obverse side. This slightly later plaquette bears the date "1515" on the front side, but also bears the actual casting date of "1518" on the reverse.

Object facts

• Title: Adam and Eve
• Date: 1518
• Creator attribution: Ludwig Krug (German, 1490–1532)
• Culture: Germany, Nuremberg
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 12.7 x 10.8 cm (5 x 4 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Sculpture
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1948.359

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Milliken, William. "Recent Accessions in Bronze." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 1 (January 1949): 5-7.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

View the collection record

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