Eve receives the forbidden fruit from a serpent in the shape of a woman; the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.

  • Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
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[1773]
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20426i
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[Rome] : [Gavin Hamilton], [1773]

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 24.9 x 46.6 cm

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Tulit igitur mulier de fructu illius et comedit. Gen. cap III. Romae in aedibus Vaticanus nella cappella Sistina. Michelangelo Buonarota pinxit. Antonio Capellan sculpsit 1772

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Wellcome Collection 20426i

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