# Adam and Eve \(Expulsion from the Paradise\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEYDEN, Lucas van]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Copper engraving, 162 x 120 mm ## Commentary Dürer's <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/durer/2/13/2/042.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/durer/2/13/2/042.html">Adam and Eve</A>, with its emphasis on human beauty rather than mortal sin, caused a sensation. Available soon across the continent, the engraving became the definitive depiction of this theme. Artists from Lucas van Leyden and <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/gossart/04religi/2adamev.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/gossart/04religi/2adamev.html">Jan Gossaert</A> in the Netherlands to <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/4stanze/1segnatu/5/2panel4.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/4stanze/1segnatu/5/2panel4.html">Raphael</A> and Raimondi in Italy responded to it. Some merely replicated the scene while others consciously sought to devise their own alternatives. ## Related artworks - [Abraham and Isaac on Their Way to the Place of Sacrifice]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Cain Killing Abel]() - [Cain Killing Abel]() - [Card Players]() - [Card Players]() - [Card Players]() - [Christ Healing the Blind \(detail\)]() - [Christ Healing the Blind]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Dance of Mary Magdalen]() - [David Playing the Harp before Saul]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()