Adam and Eve - The Collection (2024)

Adam and Eve

Rubens, Peter Paul (Copy after: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio))

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Rubens, Peter Paul (Copy after: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio))

1628 - 1629. Oil on canvas.
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Eve accepts the forbidden fruit from the hands of the devil, who is half child and half serpent. Sitting on the roots of the tree of Good and Bad, Adam tries to stop her. This is a copy of a painting on the same subject that Titian made for Felipe II (P00429). Rubens saw it during his trip to Spain in 1628 and 1629. In keeping with his own concept of painting, he made significant changes with respect to the original, including the use of a more intense palette. He changed Adam´s position and gave him more muscles, basing his figure directly on the sculpture of the Belvedere Torso at the Vatican Museum. The inclusion of a parrot, not present in Titian´s work, as a symbol of Good, strengthens the idea of Redemption, which is contrasted with the fox that alludes to Evil and Lust. This work belonged to Rubens until his death, and appeared at the El Pardo Palace years later.

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Inventory number
P001692
Author
Rubens, Peter Paul (Copy after: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio))
Title
Adam and Eve
Date
1628 - 1629
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 238 cm; Width: 184.5 cm
Provenance
Royal Collection (Palacio de El Pardo, Madrid, 1674, nº51; Palacio de El Pardo, Sala donde se abre para su majestad, 1701, nº51; Palacio de El Pardo, Pieza Vigesima nona, 1747, nº51 y 127; Palacio Nuevo, Madrid, Antecámara de S. M., 1772, nº51; Palacio Nuevo, Antecámara, 1794, nº10; Palacio Nuevo, Antecámara, 1814-1818, nº10; Museo Real de Pinturas a la muerte de Fernando VII, Madrid, Sala Reservada, 1834, nº63)

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier y Beroqui, Pedro, Inventarios Reales en 12 Volúmenes (Fotocopias), 1923.

Stechow, Wolfgang, Rubens and the Classical Tradition, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1968, pp. 41-45.

Fernández Bayton, Gloria, Inventarios reales: testamentaria del Rey Carlos II : 1701-1703 (procedencia/provenance), Museo del Prado. Patronato Nacional de Museos,, Madrid, 1975.

Díaz Padrón, Matías, Museo del Prado: catálogo de pintura: escuela flamenca, Museo del Prado. Patrimonio Nacional de Museos, Madrid, 1975, pp. 374-375.

Glang-Süberkrüb, Annegret, Einige Anmerkungen zu Tizians und Rubens Sündenfall, 1985.

V.V.A.A., Rubens: copista de Tiziano, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1987.

Vosters, Simon A., Rubens y España: estudio artístico-literario sobre la estética del Barroco, Cátedra, Madrid, 1990, pp. 129-132.

Díaz Padrón, Matías, El siglo de Rubens en el Museo del Prado: Catálogo razonado, II, Prensa Iberica, Barcelona, 1996, pp. 992.

Anes, Gonzalo, Las colecciones reales y la fundación del Museo del Prado, Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1996, pp. 202.

Goldfarb, Hilliard T., Titian and Rubens: power, politics and style, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 1998.

Vergara, Alejandro, Rubens and his spanish patrons, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, pp. 101.

Vergara, Alejandro, The Presence of Rubens in Spain, I-II, A Bell & Howell Company, Ann Arbor, 1999, pp. 372.

Portús Pérez, Javier, La sala reservada y el desnudo en el Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado. Turner, Madrid, 2002, pp. 112.

Aterido Fernández, A.; Martínez Cuesta, J.; Pérez Preciado, J. J., Colecciones de pinturas de Felipe V e Isabel Farnesio: inventarios reales, Fundación de Apoyo de la Historia del Arte Hispánico, Madrid, 2004.

Wood, Jeremy, Copies and Adaptations from Renaissance and Later Artist. Italian Masters II. Titian and North Italian Art, Corpus rubenianum XXVI (2), pt. II, V. I, Bruselas, 2010, pp. 111-119.

Vergara, A. Alba, L. Gayo, Mª.D, Rubens in Madrid (1628-1629): New technical evidence concerning his copies after Titian an a new portrait., Boletín del Museo del Prado., Tomo XXXI n.49, 2013, pp. 18-33.

García Cueto, David, La Colección Real española en los siglos XVI y XVII y el copiado pictórico: Una Aproximación contextual, Actas del Congreso internacional: Las copias de las obras maestras de la pintura en las colecciones de los Austrias y el Museo del Prado. Junio 2017, Madrid, 2021, pp. 8-16 [11].

Mazzarelli, Carla, 'Moltiplicare, tradurre, interpretare. Riflessioni in margine al ruolo delle copie tra prima età moderna e ricezione storiografica contemporánea' En:, Actas del Congreso internacional Las copias de obras maestras de la pintura en las colecciones de los Austrias y el Museo del Prado. Junio 2017, Madrid, 2021, pp. 17-25 [21 fg.3].

Other inventories +

Inv. Felipe IV, El Pardo, 1674. Núm. 51.
51 / Otro lienzo de Adan y Eva copia del Tiziano = don Antonio Baldeper deckarñi qye oarecñua cioua sacada de Rubenes

Inv. Testamentaría Carlos II, El Pardo, 1701-1703. Núm. 51.
Sala donde se abre para su Magestad [...] {76} Ottro Lienzo de Adan y Eba Copia de el tiziano con marco negro tassado en doze mill Reales de Vellon ... 12000 / Existe en la pieza 29ª. a los numeros 51 y 217.

Inv. Felipe V, El Pardo, 1747. Núm. 51 y 127.
Pieza Vigesima nona [...] 51 y 127 / Ôtro de tres varas de alto y dos de âncho que significa Adan y Eva

Inv. Carlos III, Palacio Nuevo, 1772. Núm. 51.
Antecamara de S. M. [...] 51 / Otro igual al antecedente [Adan y Eva en el Paraiso tomando las manzanas del arbol de Ticiano] copia del mismo de mano de Rubenes = Este se trujo del Pardo =

Inv. Testamentaría Carlos III, Palacio Nuevo, 1794. Núm. 10.
Antecámara [...] 10 / Otro [quadro] de la misma medida [tres varas de alto y dos y quarta de ancho] y asunto [Adan y Eva en el Paraiso] Copiado por Rubens ... 8000

Inv. Fernando VII, Palacio Nuevo, 1814-1818. Núm. 10.
Antecámara [...] 10 / igual [3 varas alto dos y quarta ancho] la copia de Rubens [de Adán y Eva de Ticiano]

Museo Real de Pinturas a la muerte de Fernando VII, 1834. Núm. 63.
SALA RESERVADA / Sesenta y tres. Adán y Eva. Copia del Ticiano que sacó para el Príncipe de Gales / Rubens. Flamenca / Lº / 80.600

Inv. Testamentaría Fernando VII, Real Museo, Sala Reservada, 1834. Núm. 63.
SALA RESERVADA. Sesenta y tres. Adán y Eva. Copia del Ticiano que sacó para el Príncipe de Gales Rubens. Flamenca Lº 80.600

Inv. Real Museo, 1857. Núm. 1666.
Rubens / 1666. Adan y Eva en el Paraiso Terrenal. / Copia del cuadro de Tiziano señalado con el num. 812 que hizo para el Príncipe de Gales. / Alto 8 pies, 6 pulg; Ancho 6 pies, 7 pulg.

Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1873-1907. Núm. 1613.
1613.-(1666-R.)- Adan y Eva, ó el pecado original.-Figuras de tamaño mayor que el natural.-Copia del cuadro de Tiziano número 456, con algunas pequeñas variantes en los accesorios. / Es tradicion que hizo Rubens esta copia para el Príncipe de Gales, Carlos Estuardo / Alto 2,37; ancho 1,84-L.

Inscriptions +

B.279
Inscribed with chalk. Stretcher

B279 [aparece dos veces]
Inscribed. Stretcher

G.E
Inscribed with chalk. Back

M.N.PRADO / 001692
On metallic tablet. Stretcher

Nº1692
Scrap of paper. Stretcher

1666.
Inscribed in orange. Front, lower left corner

Exhibitions +

Reunited
Madrid
06.06.2020 - 25.07.2021

Rubens
Madrid
05.11.2010 - 23.01.2011

Looking and Admiring. Rubens in Competition with Old Masters
Estocolmo
25.02.2010 - 23.05.2010

Looking and Admiring. Rubens in Competition with Old Masters
Munich
23.10.2009 - 03.02.2010

Valerio Castello (1624-1659). La música del Barroco
Génova
15.02.2008 - 15.06.2008

Location +

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FAQs

How many children did Adam and Eve have before they died? ›

Eve eventually bore 20 sets of twins, and Adam had 40,000 offspring before he died.

What is the message of the story of Adam and Eve? ›

The story of Adam and Eve is meant to teach the importance of obedience. Had Adam and Eve been obedient to God, they could have lived in paradise forever.

Did all humans come from Adam and Eve? ›

“Adam and Eve” are entirely untraceable using genetic information. Thus, believers can say all humans are descended from Adam and Eve, and no genetic evidence can falsify or confirm that belief. From a purely genetical perspective, it seems hard to contradict this thesis.

Was Seth Adam and Eve's son? ›

Seth, in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve. According to the Hebrew Bible, he had two brothers: Cain and Abel. According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, and Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel.

Did Adam have a wife before Eve? ›

MEET LILITH – ADAM'S FIRST WIFE

Lilith's name is not included in the creation story of the Torah but she appears in several midrashic texts. There are multiple origin stories for Lilith, but the most popular story depicts Lilith as the first wife of Adam.

How long ago did Adam and Eve live? ›

Y chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve

The matrilineal most recent common ancestor lived around 155,000 years ago, while the patrilineal most recent common ancestor lived around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago.

How many years from Adam to Jesus? ›

So 69 weeks amount to 483 years; for, from the said year of Darius, unto the 42nd year of Augustus, in which year our Saviour Christ was born, are just and complete so many years, whereupon we reckon, that from Adam unto Christ, are 3974 years, six months, and ten days; and from the birth of Christ, unto this present ...

Do Adam and Eve go to heaven? ›

There's no place in the Bible that says they were saved. But there is no place in the Bible that indicates the couple was lost, either.

Where is the Garden of Eden located today? ›

The location of Eden is described in the Book of Genesis as the source of four tributaries. Various suggestions have been made for its location: at the head of the Persian Gulf, in southern Mesopotamia where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run into the sea; and in Armenia.

What color were Adam and Eve? ›

The Bible does not start off with the creation of a special or privileged race of people. When the first human being is created he is simply called adam, which is Hebrew for “humankind.” Adam and Eve are not Hebrews or Egyptians; they are neither White nor Black nor even Semitic.

Does DNA prove Adam and Eve? ›

“I have seen a lot of articles lately saying that genetics proves the existence of the Biblical Adam and Eve. Is this true?” No, it is not true. Scientists can trace our maternal and paternal lines back to a woman and man who lived a long time ago, but they are not the Biblical Adam and Eve.

What language did Adam and Eve speak? ›

Traditional Jewish exegesis such as Midrash says that Adam spoke the Hebrew language because the names he gives Eve – Isha and Chava – only make sense in Hebrew. By contrast, Kabbalism assumed an "eternal Torah" which was not identical to the Torah written in Hebrew.

Did Adam and Eve have 18 daughters? ›

The book of Genesis mentions three of Adam and Eve's children: Cain, Abel and Seth. But geneticists, by tracing the DNA patterns found in people throughout the world, have now identified lineages descended from 10 sons of a genetic Adam and 18 daughters of Eve.

Who did Noah marry? ›

The Genesis Rabba midrash lists Naamah, the daughter of Lamech and sister of Tubal-Cain, as the wife of Noah, as does the 11th-century Jewish commentator Rashi in his commentary on Genesis 4:22.

Why did God separate Adam and Eve? ›

Adam and Eve's Separation from God

Because Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the Lord sent them out of the Garden of Eden into the world.

How long did Abel live? ›

Abel
Born3897 (in Julian calendar) BC
Died3825 (in Julian calendar) BC
ParentsAdam (father) Eve (mother)
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How many children did Cain have? ›

After escaping to the Land of Nod, Cain fathered four sons: Enoch, Olad, Lizpha and Fosal; and two daughters: Citha and Maac (the latter five aren't mentioned in the Bible). Cain died at the age of 730, leaving his corrupt descendants spreading evil on earth.

Why did Adam and Eve eat the apple? ›

They lived in paradise in total innocence until the serpent (the devil) enticed them to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. As punishment for their disobedience, God banished them from Paradise.

How many children did Abraham have? ›

Sarah believed she was too old to have a child and laughed. Yet she did conceive (Genesis 21:1-7) and had a baby named Isaac. After the death of his mother, Sarah, Isaac married Rebekah. Abraham then married Keturah, who bore him six more sons – Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

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