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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 19.1 x 26.8 cm

Adam and Eve conceal their nakedness; in the distance they receive clothes from God. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

The monkey was a symbol of taste through contagion by its other symbols: it was a symbol of the fall of man, which was in turn due to its symbolic association with baseness, its distorted 'similarity' to man
The text concerns Ceres and Bacchus, Roman deities of food

The five senses (Martin de Vos)

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 9.1 x 11.7 cm.

A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

The light divides its rays into light and dark. The animal world resonates with the transgression (in all the previous prints in this series it had been mute, expectant and observant): in the bottom-right hand corner a dog howls and a lion roars. The vulture screeches in the direction of the accursed couple. The shame at nakedness is rather undermined by the fact that it is only in the previous print that the couple have appeared naked; throughout the rest of Ridinger's series they are modestly attired in swathes of undergrowth

1 print : etching, with line engraving ; platemark 39.5 x 54.6 cm

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Eve picks the apple from the tree as the serpent emerges. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 19.7 x 27.1 cm

Surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden, Eve ascends from Adam's side. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

Further information on the subject is filed with the prints

1 photogravure : heliogravure ; platemark 17.9 x 24.5 cm

Adam and Eve holding fruit: Four figures. Heliogravure by C. Amand-Durand.

The snake curls between the couple, forming a loop. It remains near them for the rest of this series

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 39.5 x 54.6 cm

Eve presents Adam with the apple. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

The first panel shows Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit while sacrifices take place nearby and on a hill. The second panel shows the sacrifice made after the grounding of Noah's ark. The central panel shows a city plaza, with statues and an altar. To the left and right are pictures of Moses with the tables of the Law and then dressed in priestly robes. The remaining three panels depict idol-worshipping among the Jews: in the first, Zeus is surrounded by statues and worshippers; in the second there is a statue of Neptune flanked by the sun and moon in the sky. At the bottom a central figure holding an image of the sun in her hands and a text in the other is being worshipped; but to the right, arrows of lightning descend on the worshippers and statues

1 print : line engraving ; image 21.9 x 15.7 cm

Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.

Adam and Eve under the Tree of Knowledge with a serpent wrapped around its trunk. Eve has thrown away an apple-core and is loosening her fig-leaf, while Adam has discarded his fig-leaf and is throwing away his apple-core. Above, God, averting his eyes from their blunder, vandalises a notice saying "Paradise" by inserting the word "AIDS!"

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 83.7 x 59.2 cm

Adam and Eve committing the primal sin; representing the origin of AIDS. Colour lithograph after Pavel Beneš, 1991.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 60.4 x 42.8 cm

An apple that has been bitten into is tied up with a knotted rope to prevent further bites; representing precautions against AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1993.

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Adam and Eve conceal their nakedness; in the distance they receive clothes from God. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Eve picks the apple from the tree as the serpent emerges. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden, Eve ascends from Adam's side. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

Adam and Eve holding fruit: Four figures. Heliogravure by C. Amand-Durand.

Eve presents Adam with the apple. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.

Adam and Eve committing the primal sin; representing the origin of AIDS. Colour lithograph after Pavel Beneš, 1991.

An apple that has been bitten into is tied up with a knotted rope to prevent further bites; representing precautions against AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1993.

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Adam and Eve conceal their nakedness; in the distance they receive clothes from God. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Eve picks the apple from the tree as the serpent emerges. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden, Eve ascends from Adam's side. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.

Adam and Eve holding fruit: Four figures. Heliogravure by C. Amand-Durand.

Eve presents Adam with the apple. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.

Adam and Eve committing the primal sin; representing the origin of AIDS. Colour lithograph after Pavel Beneš, 1991.

An apple that has been bitten into is tied up with a knotted rope to prevent further bites; representing precautions against AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1993.

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