Adam and Eve/Gideon and the Fleece
Adam and Eve and Gideon and the Fleece are two life-sized Old Testament paintings by the Low Countries Dutch Renaissance painter Maarten van Heemskerck. They are on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Their inventory numbers are 1747b and 1747a (Gideon).
Image: M. v. Heemskerck Musée des Bx Arts Strasbourg Gédéon Adam Eve Ausschnitt 2
Image: M. v. Heemskerck Musée des Bx Arts Strasbourg Gédéon Adam Eve Ausschnitt 1
Adam and Eve
Gideon and the Fleece
Maarten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–36 in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World.
Self-portrait detail from his painting of the Colosseum
Family of Pieter Jan Foppesz; painted before Heemskerck left for Italy in 1532
Maarten van Heemskerck, "Les ruines de la Casa dei Crescenzi"
Maarten van Heemskerck, "Rome, the Colosseum"