1604
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Expulsion from Eden is a 1604 ink by Jan Pietersz Saenredam, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a dramatic scene of three figures being pushed out of a lush garden. One person clutches a child, another holds a branch, and a winged figure looms above, driving them forward. The background is packed with twisting vines, flowers, and rocky terrain, all rendered in deep black lines. Notice how the artist uses fine, crisscrossed lines to create shadows and texture—this is called cross-hatching. The scene looks chaotic, but the lines actually make the figures and plants stand out sharply. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with just lines.
Jan Pieterszoon (abbr. Pietersz.) Saenredam (c. 1565 – 6 April 1607) was a Dutch Northern Mannerist painter, printmaker in engraving, and cartographer, and father of the painter of church interiors, Pieter Jansz…
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