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  • Title: Adam and Eve
  • Creator: Hugo van der Goes, painter
  • Description: Left panel of diptych. Right panel (not depicted) shows Lamentation. Eve, having eaten from the tree, reaches for another fruit for expectant Adam as the female-headed serpent looks on. The iris hiding Eve’s genitals and the roses to Adam’s left carry Marian symbolism. The scene depicts the “necessary sin” of humanity through Eve while alluding to Christ’s redemptive sacrifice, made possible through Mary.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons: Web Gallery of Art #9650
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Adam (Biblical Figure) Ave- Eva Topos Eve (Biblical Figure) Fall of Humankind Nude Sexuality Snakes
  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 15
  • Date: After 1479
  • Related Work: Lamentation http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vienna_Diptych_right.jpg
  • Current Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv. GG 5822a
  • Original Location: Belgium
  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Wood panel; Oil tempera
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  • Height/Width/Length(cm): 32.3 cm/21.9 cm/
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