# Adam and Eve [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BANDINELLI, Baccio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary These statues were originally intended as ornament for the presbytery enclosure of the Cathedral in Florence, to be placed in the area at the head of the cross. They were later removed because of their excessive sensuality, echoing the manner of Cellini. ## Related artworks - [Alessandro de'Medici]() - [Andrea Doria as Neptune]() - [Apollo]() - [Balustrade in the choir \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Cosimo I]() - [Christ Tended by an Angel]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence \(detail\)]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence]() - [Dead Christ Supported by Nicodemus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()