Adam and Eve flanked by two trees, a town in the background
Marcantonio Raimondi · ca. 1512–14
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"Adam and Eve flanked by two trees, a town in the background" is an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, created circa 1512–14. It measures 24.2 x 17.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.) and is classified as a print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired it in 1917 through the Joseph Pulitzer Bequest.
Marcantonio Raimondi (1480–1534) was a 16th-century Italian engraver and printmaker. His nationality, birth year, and death year are known, but specific cultural context for this piece is not provided in the catalogue data. Information regarding its provenance, exhibition history, or literature is not available.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Raimondi, including "The Judgment of Paris" (ca. 1510–20), "A Bacchanal" (ca. 1510–13), and "Mars seated at the left, his left hand on Venus's shoulder, cupid beside her at the right" (1508). Other comparable holdings span his career from approximately 1500 to 1555.
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The Judgment of Paris: he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above. In the upper section the Sun in his chariot preceeded by Castor and Pollux on horseback, at lower right two river gods and a naiad above whom Jupiter, an eagle, Ganymede, Diana and another goddess
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Descent from the Cross
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A Bacchanal, Silenus supported by two bacchants in the centre, at right a female satyr reclining on a bed and another pulling the horns on a statue of Priapus, various other figures fill the composition
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A Bacchanal; Silenus supported by two bacchants in the center, at left a female satyr reclining on a bed and another holding onto the horns on a statue of Priapus while she tries to impale herself on his phallus, with various other figures
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The Holy Trinity
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Satyr and Nymph
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Standing Male Nude
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Mars seated at the left, his left hand on Venus's shoulder, cupid beside her at the right
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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