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Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals
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Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white

Dimensions

sheet: 12 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (32.5 x 21 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 2002 Benefit Fund and Mrs. Howard J. Barnet Gift, 2003

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Joachim Wtewael

1566–1638Dutch Republic

Considered one of the last Mannerist artists. The grandson of J. van Schayck, Joachim studied first with his father, Antonis Uytewael, a stained glass maker. He also studied with Joost de Beere in about 1584 and with Frans Floris. He visited Italy, spent four years with the bishop of St-Malo, Charles de Bourgneuf, and travelled around France for two years. He returned to Utrecht in 1592 and, in 1603, he married Christine van Halen. Uytewael was involved in the establishment of the painters' guild in 1611. Comment on works: Religious figures in Landscapes; Mythology in landscapes

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