God Forbidding Adam and Eve to Eat from the Tree of Knowledge, from "The Story of Adam and Eve"

Heinrich Aldegrever

1540 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

God Forbidding Adam and Eve to Eat from the Tree of Knowledge, from "The Story of Adam and Eve" — Heinrich Aldegrever

God, at right, addresses Adam and Eve, who stand together at left. Based on Genesis 2:16-17. Plate 2 from a series of six engravings.

Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Date: 1540
Medium: Engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941

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