German painter,printmaker and draughtsman, generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. Born in Nuremberg, his vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. His woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse series (1498), retain a more Gothic flavor than the rest of his work.
Adam and Eve are represented as two figures embodying the ideals of physical beauty in the time of Dürer. Eve grasps a fruit being given her by the serpent, portrayed nationalistically.
Source: Genesis 3
| Portion: Bereshit
Oil on canvas
Museo dell Prado, Madrid
Date : 1507