Adam and Eve (Cranach)

Lucas Cranach the Elder

1526 · Oil on beech panel · The Courtauld Gallery, London

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Adam and Eve (Cranach)

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The Judgment of Paris

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About this work

Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)
Year: 1526
Medium: Oil on beech panel
Original size: 117.1 × 80.8 cm
Collection: The Courtauld Gallery, London
Movement: Northern Renaissance

Adam and Eve stand on either side of the Tree of Knowledge, heavy with red apples, in a meadow crowded with peaceful animals, among them a stag, a deer, a lion, a boar, a sheep and a heron. Eve, with long fair hair, has bitten the fruit and offers it to Adam, who scratches his head in hesitation while the serpent coils down the trunk above. As the Courtauld notes, the calm of the animals underlines the serenity that is about to be lost. Lucas Cranach the Elder, court painter to the Electors of Saxony in Wittenberg, signed the panel with his emblem of a winged serpent and dated it 1526 in white paint on the trunk. Cranach and his workshop painted the subject more than fifty times, and this is among the largest versions. It was in Kassel by about 1906 and then belonged to the collector E. P. Warren in Sussex; Arthur Lee, Viscount Lee of Fareham, bought it in 1929 and bequeathed it to the Courtauld in 1947. It hangs in the Courtauld Gallery, London.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Adam and Eve beneath a tree of red apples in a dark meadow full of animals, deep green and warm flesh tones, for a living room or study at 16×24 in black. A deep green, warm white or sage wall; it pairs with Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Northern Renaissance painting
Era: 16th century (1526)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, study or library, dining room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Adam and Eve in the public domain?

Yes. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Courtauld Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Adam and Eve painted, and in what medium?

Adam and Eve dates from 1526 and was made in oil on beech panel; the original measures 117.1 × 80.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Adam and Eve we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Lucas Cranach the Elder's Adam and Eve — Adam and Eve — Eve handing Adam the apple beneath the tree, with a stag, a lion and other animals of Paradise — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Cranach: The German Renaissance, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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