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The image shows four figures in an outdoor setting. On the left, an older male figure is seated, holding a staff or spear, and is dressed in a simple cloth around his waist. Next to him, two small cherub-like figures stand; one is fully visible, and the other is held by a third adult male figure on the right. The standing adult male on the right is shown from the back, with muscular arms and a cloth wrapped around his waist. The background consists of lush greenery with trees and foliage, under a clear sky. The scene is framed in a decorative border.
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The image shows four figures in an outdoor setting. On the left, an older male figure is seated, holding a staff or spear, and is dressed in a simple cloth around his waist. Next to him, two small cherub-like figures stand; one is fully visible, and the other is held by a third adult male figure on the right. The standing adult male on the right is shown from the back, with muscular arms and a cloth wrapped around his waist. The background consists of lush greenery with trees and foliage, under a clear sky. The scene is framed in a decorative border.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel

Carlo Alberto Baratta

Medium
gouache with pen and brown ink on blue laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 29.5 × 25.2 cm (11 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.) mount: 32.9 × 28 cm (12 15/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2017.143.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Old Testament
  • religious
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's New York, 29 January 1997, no. 18, as attrib. to Giovanni David); Private collection, New York; (Richard A. Berman, New York); purchased 2017 by NGA.

NGA object ID 213121. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.