1504
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Adam and Eve is a 1504 ink by Albrecht Dürer, a Northern Renaissance work, depicting Clothed Male, Naked Female, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man and a woman stand in a dark forest. Their bodies twist toward each other. One holds an apple branch. The other clutches a fig leaf. Dürer cut this scene into metal. He used fine lines to show skin, fur, and bark. The animals around them look tense, like they know trouble is coming. This print shows off cross-hatching. The lines create shadows and shapes without color. Try it yourself on paper if you visit the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
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