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The Expulsion from Paradise

The Expulsion from Paradise

c. 1606
(Flemish, c. 1549–after 1615)
Flanders
Pen and brown ink on parchment
Sheet: 9.5 x 12.4 cm (3 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.); Image: 9 x 11.9 cm (3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1994.16
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This artist's version of the Garden of Eden includes a turkey, a bird that was unknown in Europe until the 16th century, when it was imported from the Americas.

Description

Originally this exquisite sheet belonged to a series of 21 drawings by the Antwerp artist Jan Wierix illustrating the creation and early history of man as recounted in Genesis. In this scene, an angel casts Adam and Eve out of paradise for their transgressions. Precious in its delicate pen strokes and careful detail, the drawing describes Eden as a microcosm populated by an array of animals whose tranquility is in the midst of being interrupted by human actions. Pen and ink drawings on vellum such as this were prized by collectors, who valued them as miniature paintings to be displayed in albums and sometimes framed on the wall.
  • ?-1910
    Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague (Lugt 2773)
    1910
    his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 6-11 May 1910, lot 596
    ?-1930
    Toni Straus-Negbaur (?-1942), Berlin-Grunewald (Lugt 2459a)
    1930
    her sale, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 25-26 November 1930, no. 115.
    1993
    with Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel, Munich
    1994
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Van de Velde, Carl. Jan Wierix: The Creation and the Early History of Man : 1607-1608. New York: Richard L. Feigen, 1990. no. 10a, p. 39
    Bellinger, Katrin and Harald Weinhold. Jan Wierix, 1549-Antwerp-1620: Nine Drawings from the Creation and the Early History of Man. München: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel, 1993. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 7
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000. Mentioned: cat. no. 70, pp. 172-73, pp. 293-94; Reproduced: p. 173
    Ruyven-Zeman, Zsuzsanna van. "Stucksken met de penne": Drawings by the Engraver Johannes Wierix," Master Drawings 42:3 (Autumn, 2004): pp.237-257. p. 254, note 30.
    Peters, Emily J., Laura Ritter, William Griswold, Klaus Albrecht Schröder, and Koenraad Jonckheere. Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel. Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 174-176, no. 44
  • Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 9, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).
    Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
    Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
    Landscape in Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 3, 1996).
  • {{cite web|title=The Expulsion from Paradise|url=false|author=Jan Wierix|year=c. 1606|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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