Eve premiere parente · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Eve premiere parente
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Old Testament; Eve; Adam
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Garden of Eden
Description: This illuminated image depicts Adam and Eve. Adam is illustrated laying on the ground while resting his head in his left hand as he sleeps. While Adam was asleep, God created Eve and placed her next to him as he slept. Eve is illustrated watching Adam as he sleeps. They are both depicted naked, and Eve is illustrated very pale and with red hair. Boccaccio explains that as Eve was the world’s first mother, she is worthy of remembrance. There are trees illustrated in the background to represent that Adam and Eve are in the garden of Eden in this image.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17122
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17122_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Old Testament; Eve; Adam