Adam and Eve after the Expulsion from Paradise
about 1588/90 | Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese
For this theme, Veronese draws on an old Venetian tradition: Adam and Eve must cultivate the earth and breed animals; Abel is being breast-fed, Cain seems to be terrified by a goat. Veronese’s palette darkens in his late period; instead of bright, unbroken colours, the artist strives to achieve a “tone-in-tone” painting in which the gloomy landscape plays an important role, a style more embedded in the Venetian tradition.
For this theme, Veronese draws on an old Venetian tradition: Adam and Eve must cultivate the earth and breed animals; Abel is being breast-fed, Cain seems to be terrified by a goat. Veronese’s palette darkens in his late period; instead of bright, unbroken colours, the artist strives to achieve a “tone-in-tone” painting in which the gloomy landscape plays an important role, a style more embedded in the Venetian tradition.
Artist:
Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese und Werkstatt (1528 Verona - 1588 Venedig) DNB
Time:
about 1588/90
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
124 x 174,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1514
Provenance
Sacristy of San Giacomo della Giudecca, Venice; 1619 Daniel Nys; 1636 Coll. Bartolomeo della Nave, Venice; 1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton; 1659 Coll. Leopold Wilhelm, Brussels