Display dish with the Temptation of Adam and Eve

ca. 1650

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 509

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]

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Display dish with the Temptation of Adam and Eve
Date: ca. 1650
Culture: British, probably London
Medium: Delftware (tin-glazed earthenware)
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 7/8 × 14 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (7.3 × 36.2 × 36.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2014
Object Number: 2014.712.1
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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