Category
PaintingMedium
Oil/panelType of Artwork
Original artworkCertificate issued by
Maison d-Art (Art Historian)Signature
lower leftSize of the artwork
17 x 14 cm(6.69 x 5.51 in)
Overall Framed Size
31 x 27.5 cm(12.2 x 10.83 in)
Invoice issued by
Maison d-ArtCondition
good conditionArtwork description
Hendrick GOLTZIUS
(1558-1617)
« Adam and Eve with the serpent » Circa 1600
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Painting on board signed HG bottom left under Adam’s right foot. Inspired by his etching Adam and Eve with the serpent of 1585 (21,3x15,6cm). Catalogue raisonné Bartsch n°271; CR Hollstein n°316; CR Strauss n°217.
The etching being inspired by a drawing of Bartholomäus Spranger (1546-1611).
22 pages study available :
I/ Provenance & Attribution of the painting
IA – Provenance : A painting coming after the H. Goltzius etching of 1585
IB – A painting attributed to Hendrick Goltzius
Authenticity is confirmed by the nearly similar prior etching and by the monogram HG signature
II/ Goltzius repeted theme of Adam & Eve confirm attribution & dating
II-A. The other artworks by Goltzius about Adam & Eve confirm 1600 dating
II-B. Why Adam & Eve theme
III- Other artworks by Goltzius to be compared
III-A- Drawings and paintings by Goltzius
III-B- Etchings by Goltzius after Bartholomeus Spranger