UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish
(active 1520s)

Adam and Eve

c. 1525
Black chalk, partly stumped, 621 x 468 mm
Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island

The author of this composition is undoubtedly Jan Gossart but the execution of the drawing shows that it cannot be his work. The drawing most likely originated in Gossart's immediate circle and may even have been created under his supervision. It is the most frankly erotic composition in Gossart's oeuvre.