Not on display
- Artist
- George Frederic Watts 1817–1904
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 2578 x 1168 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the artist 1897
- Reference
- N01643
Display caption
Watts called these three paintings The Eve Trilogy. They represent Eve’s ascension to life, her temptation and her grief after her downfall. In her temptation she is shown greedily entwined with the apple tree. The dissolving forms of the central work correspond to the idea of Eve rising up in an explosion of light and colour. By contrast, the heaviness of flesh in the final work suggests her burden of sin and guilt.
Gallery label, July 2007
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George Frederic Watts - The Eve Trilogy
Tate curator of 19th century British art, Alison Smith, talks about five George Frederic Watts works in the Tate Collection
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