Groeningen, Gerard van, Antwerp, Huys, Frans, Salvation path of man, Creation of Eve and the Fall, verso - stamped, Two biblical allegories in an architectural setting. On the left, the creation of Eve from a rib of Adam. On the right, the Fall: Adam and Eve stand by the tree of good and evil and take the apple from the snake, which wraps itself around a skeleton. The skeleton and skulls refer to the mortality of man as a result of the violation of God's commandment. Diagonally behind them, the personification of God's wrath, who also holds a skull in his hands. Above the representation on the right in the arch, a Bible verse in German. In the middle, the tetragram. Below both representations, a four-line verse in Low German and a four-line text in Latin. Numbers 1 and 2 from a reformed series on the sinfulness and justification of man., print, prints, height 273 mm, width 364 mm, 1522 - 1562, print maker, printmaker, 1546 - 1562, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1515 - 1599
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