15929972560001500638407000Standard Recordobject-221620170206283262616062144740001702062268598fitz-onlineadlib-object-221620https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/221620138a5248-5826-3829-9871-811a9abc23095referenceterm-42576adlib-term-425760950ff4e-0cd3-3a1c-b5d4-1fa55fbd39e3textilesApplied ArtsDiscoloured white silk, beadwork embroidery. Adam and Eve and other pictorial motifs.28referenceexhibition-3305adlib-exhibition-3305534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)T.20-19451accession numberT.20-1945221620priref221620urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/221620https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/221620referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Louis Colville Gray Clarkereferenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray194519451945-07-24given162516251625circa162516751167516751675makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownLabel text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: There are complex theological messages related to food from Genesis (the Bible’s first book) in this colourful beadwork panel. On the left, the presence of a unicorn and a mermaid suggests that this is paradise or the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve stand either side of the Tree of Knowledge, having disobeyed God and sinned against him by eating its forbidden fruit. The resulting punishment was expulsion from Eden, condemning humankind to toil for food evermore. On the right, two scenes focus on food sacrifices. Below, Cain (an arable farmer) has just murdered his younger brother Abel (a shepherd), in a fit of jealousy because God preferred Abel’s sacrifice of lambs to his grain offering. Above, Abraham, commanded to sacrifice his son, Isaac, to God as a test of his faith, is saved from having to do so by the divine provisioning of a ram, which he sacrifices instead. While glorifying God’s creation, this panel was also a reminder of ‘the dark side of food’ as a dangerous gateway to sinful acts, and possible damnation.referenceterm-128260adlib-term-1282607d34c534-f128-3ec8-86fa-578fef0fa36c17th Century, Early-Midwhitereferenceterm-118722adlib-term-1187224f4800f9-d84e-3f97-a3d0-d00e18216deasilkreferencemedia-207562adlib-media-207562a0c1437a-5ee4-3c86-bb18-51c434b0f3edjpegaa/aa37/large_T_20_1945_srgb_dc2.jpg1heightpixels667widthpixels102316162696671951imagejpegaa/aa37/mid_T_20_1945_srgb_dc2.jpg1heightpixels326widthpixels50016162696671951imagejpegaa/aa37/T_20_1945_srgb_dc2.jpg1heightpixels668widthpixels102516162696671951imagejpegaa/aa37/preview_T_20_1945_srgb_dc2.jpg1heightpixels163widthpixels25016162696671951image0media
imagereferenceterm-109978adlib-term-109978a16ac78c-158c-3409-85dd-ff7bfe252303picturehistory noteunknown before Louis Colville Grey Clarke (1881-1960) by whom givenreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 182, fig. 62. and p. 249, cat. 28182, 249referencepublication-8743adlib-publication-8743a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9bFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800referenceterm-109978adlib-term-109978a16ac78c-158c-3409-85dd-ff7bfe252303picturepicturereferenceterm-29899adlib-term-29899e75b51cd-480d-3a81-939a-df4ef1674416embroideringreferenceterm-42464adlib-term-424647098e713-ca86-333c-ad70-73b4cce66b13beadworkThe Temptation, Cain killing Abel and the Sacrifice of Abrahamobject
OBJECT