Display dish with the Temptation of Adam and Eve

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ca. 1650 · Delftware (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The Temptation of Adam and Eve was one of the most popular subjects to be depicted on English “blue-dash” chargers. This example, dating to about 1650, is among the earliest. It is part of a group of seven chargers with depictions of Adam and Eve that are notably more naturalistic than the more typical crude renderings. The Museum owns a related Adam and Eve charger (30.62), but it is of a later date. [Elizabeth Sullivan, 2014]

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1650

Medium

Delftware (tin-glazed earthenware)

Culture

British, probably London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2014