Adam and eve brilliantly combines devotional meaning with pictorial elegance and invention. The scene is set in a forest clearing where eve stands before the tree of knowledge, caught in the act of handing an apple to a bewildered adam. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1526. Dimensions: height: 117.1 cm (46.1 in) ; width: 80.8 cm (31.8 in). Medium: oil on maple wood and on panel. Depicted People: Adam and Eve, Adam, Eve. Collection: Courtauld Gallery. Adam and Eve (UK CIA P-1947-LF-77) detail of Adam
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