Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

British 18th Century, 1780s?

This is a painting of two figures in front of an ornate patterned background. The central content shows two intertwined, nude figures against a red backdrop with golden vine-like patterns. There is a bird flying in… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: British 18th Century ¹
Date: 1780s? ¹
Medium: cut paper pasted to a red-painted and varnished paper, laid down on wood, the figures and animals drawn over with graphite, pen and gray ink, and touches of red paint, plus green and brown watercolor in the doves ¹
Original: 5,995 × 6,598 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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