Images(2)

Untitled [Garden of Eden]

Date1687

Attributed to Romain de Hooghe

OriginEurope, Netherlands, Amsterdam

MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color

DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 18 1/2" (unframed)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Barry, III, Mr. and Mrs. Macon F. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Goode, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moorman, IV, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Roberts.

Object number2017-192

DescriptionAdam and Eve recline beneath a globe depicting the "Old World," while the artist incorporated several indiginous "New World" animals like the turkey and the opposum (located in the foreground).
Label TextThis colorful depiction of the garden of Eden previously the frontispiece of a seventeenth-century Dutch Bible. Adam and Eve recline beneath a globe depicting the "Old World," while the artist incorporated several indiginous "New World" animals like the turkey and the opposum (located in the foreground)..