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Expulsion of Adam and Eve

Expulsion of Adam and Eve

1880s
(Scottish, 1820–1902)
Unframed: 91.3 x 70.7 cm (35 15/16 x 27 13/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

A renewed interest in religious art in mid-19th-century Britain led John Faed to visit Palestine in 1857.

Description

John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) was the principal literary source for John Faed's depiction of the expulsion of Adam and Eve. The archangel Michael directs the couple away from the lush gardens and heavenly radiance of Eden, while Satan in the form of a snake appears in the right foreground. In most representations of the subject, Michael guards the gates of Paradise with a fiery sword, as prescribed in both Genesis and Paradise Lost. Faed, on the other hand, has him brandishing a compass, an instrument traditionally employed by God the Father in his act of creating the world.
  • Until 1967
    Private collector, consigned to Sotheby’s
    1967
    (Sale, Sotheby’s, London, Jan. 11, 1967, lot 6, sold to the Fine Art Society, Ltd.)
    1967
    (Fine Art Society, Ltd., London, sold to R. John Rickett)
    1967-1970
    R. John Rickett [1930-1970], London, to his wife, Mrs. John Rickett
    1970-1975
    Mrs. John Rickett, consigned to Sotheby’s Belgravia
    1975
    (Sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, London, Nov. 11, 1975, lot 87)
    c. 1975-1976
    (Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, sold to Shepherd Gallery)
    Until February 1977
    (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin)
    1977-1980
    Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin, Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin
    1980-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Robert Kashey (Shepherd Gallery), email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Nov. 25, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
    Estate of Noah L. Butkin, Bequests to Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Murel S. Butkin. Estates, Gifts, and Funds, Series 1, Box 2:14. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
    Robert Kashey (Shepherd Gallery), email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Nov. 25, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
    Robert Kashey (Shepherd Gallery), email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Nov. 25, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.


    Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm). Fine Victorian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours. 1975.
    Simon Taylor, letter to Linda Jackson, June 7, 1983, in CMA curatorial file.
    Simon Taylor, letter to Linda Jackson, June 7, 1983, in CMA curatorial file.
    Andrew McIntosh Patrick, letter to Linda Jackson, May 17, 1983, in CMA curatorial file.
    Andrew McIntosh Patrick, letter to Linda Jackson, May 17, 1983, in CMA curatorial file.
    Sotheby & Co. (London, England). Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings. London: Sotheby's, 1967.
    Sotheby & Co. (London, England). Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings. London: Sotheby's, 1967.
    Julia Rickmeyer, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Sept. 25, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 259-261, Vol. I, no. 94
  • Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
    The Fine Art Society LTD. March 1967.
  • {{cite web|title=Expulsion of Adam and Eve|url=false|author=John Faed|year=1880s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.258