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Creation of Eve and the Fall
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Creation of Eve and the Fall

Frans Huys · 1546 - 1562 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two biblical allegories in architectural framing. To the left the creation of Eve from a rib of Adam. To the right the Fall: Adam and Eve stand by the tree of good and evil and accept the apple from the snake, which winds around a skeleton. Skeleton and skulls refer to the mortality of man as a result of the transgression of God's command. Diagonally behind them the personification of God's wrath, who also holds a skull in his hands. Above the representation to the right in the arch a Bible verse in German. In the middle the tetragram. Below both representations a four-line verse in Dutch and a four-line text in Latin. Number 1 and 2 from a Reformation series on the sinfulness and justification of man.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSchepping van Eva en de zondeval. 1546 - 1562. Frans Huys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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