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Adam and Eve after eating from the Tree of Knowledge

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A woodcut depicting Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Knowledge as God looks on from Heaven. To the right, they are expelled from Eden by an angel wielding a sword. A set of four decorative woodcuts create a border around the main image and depict plants and birds.

Date Issued or Published
1519
Subject - Topic/Names
Eden
God
Angels
Tree of life
Forbidden fruit
Sin, Original
Fall of man
Decoration and ornament
Plants in art
Birds
Adam (Biblical figure)
Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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P_300000218141_P008
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Title
Adam and Eve after eating from the Tree of Knowledge
Date Issued or Published
1519
Description
A woodcut depicting Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Knowledge as God looks on from Heaven. To the right, they are expelled from Eden by an angel wielding a sword. A set of four decorative woodcuts create a border around the main image and depict plants and birds.
Publisher
Petri, Adam, 1454-1527
Place of Publication
Basel (Switzerland)
Contributor
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Eden
God
Angels
Tree of life
Forbidden fruit
Sin, Original
Fall of man
Decoration and ornament
Plants in art
Birds
Adam (Biblical figure)
Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Keyword(s)
Genesis 3
Extent/Dimensions
21 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Ein Predig von de[m] eelichen Stand
Local Call Number
1519 LUTH YY
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
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1519
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