In about 1600, Hendrick Goltzius, who was famous across Europe for his extraordinary abilities as a draftsman and printmaker, turned his talents to painting. In 1616 he painted this magnificent image of Adam and Eve reclining in the Garden of Eden like mythological lovers.
elbow, which rests on a low, mossy rock, and he holds a small green fruit in that hand
carries a large basket with chickens over one arm and doffs his hat with his other hand
Reynolds sought to elevate British painting, including portraiture, to the lofty realms of classical expression. After traveling to Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, Reynolds became the first president of the Royal Academy, which had been founded in 1768.
The woman holds the hand resting on her lap, and both she and the boy wrap their
.; verso, lower left, in graphite, by a later hand: P.2172; verso, lower right, in
WHollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana; verso, lower left, in graphite, by a later hand
lower right in black ink: Awa Tsireh-; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by later hand, lower right in graphite: XXXI;
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by later hand, lower right in graphite: 24.;
. / et fecit. 1606; by later hand, lower center verso in ink: Ann.
.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 6; by later hand, on right margin in pen
