Eve

This 1507 Eve in the Prado complements the Adam panel, together forming Dürer's most important engagement with the classical nude. The pair demonstrates his ambition to unite the idealizing tendency of Italian Renaissance art with the naturalistic precision of the northern tradition Albrecht Dürer brought Italian Renaissance ideas north, combining German Gothic tradition with classical proportions to become the dominant artist in the German-speaking world.

Eve holds the apple while a serpent coils in the tree above. The female nude is rendered with the same combination of ideal proportions and naturalistic detail as the companion Adam, the soft flesh tones contrasting with the dark background.