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Adam and Eve (pair of statuettes)

Adam and Eve (pair of statuettes)

c. 1535
(German, 1477–1540)
Germany, 16th century
boxwood
Overall: 18.3 x 7 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.429
Location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance

Description

Mauch straddled the late medieval and Renaissance traditions in his career. These small-scale statuettes, however, each made from a single piece of boxwood, stem from the most progressive strands of Renaissance art in southern Germany, closely connected to developments in both Italian and German bronze sculpture. The bodies reveal Mauch's careful study of human anatomy as well as a rapport with Albrecht Dürer's well-known print of the same subject.
  • Dr. Ernö Wittmann (Budapest, Hungary), died 1963, sold through M & R Stora & Co. (New York, New York) to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1946.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 106 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 106 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 126 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 178
  • Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
    Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-June 2, 1949).
  • {{cite web|title=Adam and Eve (pair of statuettes)|url=false|author=Daniel Mauch|year=c. 1535|access-date=04 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.429