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Adam and Eve (pair of statuettes)
by Daniel Mauch
About the Artwork
Mauch straddled the late medieval and Renaissance traditions in his career. These small-scale statuettes, however, each made from a single piece of boxwood, stem from the most progressive strands of Renaissance art in southern Germany, closely connected to developments in both Italian and German bronze sculpture. The bodies reveal Mauch's careful study of human anatomy as well as a rapport with Albrecht Dürer's well-known print of the same subject.
Provenance
Dr. Ernö Wittmann (Budapest, Hungary), died 1963, sold through M & R Stora & Co. (New York, New York) to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1946.
Exhibition history
Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-June 2, 1949). Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Daniel Mauch (German, 1477–1540)
- Date
- c. 1535
- Medium
- boxwood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.3 x 7 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 1946.429
More by Daniel Mauch in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010714
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