Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with Virtues

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with Virtues

British

Date
first half 17th century
Medium
Canvas worked with silk, metal thread, glass beads, spangles; tent, Gobelin, satin, long-and-short, cross, and couching stitches
Dimensions
Overall: 22 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (57.2 x 93.3 cm)
Object type
Embroidered picture
Classification
Textiles-Embroidered
Culture
British
Object number
64.101.1288
Credit line
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Subjects and terms

  • Unicorns
  • Peacocks
  • Boars
  • Deer
  • Frogs
  • Monkeys
  • Rams
  • Trees
  • Lions
  • Gardens
  • Snakes
  • Adam
  • Eve

The Met object ID 228988. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.