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Relief of Adam and Eve

Unknown artist, 1175–1200

The carving is said to have been found during excavations in the Forum at Arles on the site of a Romanesque church dating from around the 12th century. The style of the relief is rather similar, especially in the treatment of the tree, to that of a representation of the same subject on the West front of the Cathedral at Nimes, which is dated in the second half of the 12th century.

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Title of artwork, date

Relief of Adam and Eve, 1175–1200

Date supported

1927

Medium and material

Limestone

Dimensions

43 x 66 cm

Gifted by

G F Hill

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