9 février 2016
Cornelis Cornelisz. Haarlem, The Fall, 1592
Cornelis Cornelisz. Haarlem, The Fall, 1592, oil on canvas, h 273cm × 220cm b. Acquisition Jul-1804 - SK-A-129. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
The Fall. Adam and Eve standing in front of the tree of knowledge. A snake Eve reaches an apple. Figures for all kinds of animals: monkey, cat, dog, slugs, hedgehog, frog, fox and owl. Left in the background are Adam and Eve warned by God not to eat of the tree.
Left in the background is to see God (a cloud with a human face and hands) Adam and Eve warns. The fruit of all the trees they may eat, except the tree of knowledge of good and evil.Tempted by the serpent (with the upper body of a man) Adam and Eve still eating the forbidden fruit, but they will be expelled from paradise.
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