"Adam And Eve Panel Sculpture - 17th Century Spain"
Walnut panel carved in high relief,
with polychrome decoration and sgraffito gilding, illustrating the
theme of the Fall as Adam accepts the fruit Eve offers him.
At the center of the composition is the
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, around which the serpent,
symbol of temptation, is coiled. Various fruits mingle with the thick
foliage.
Adam and Eve are depicted on either
side of the trunk. Eve holds the forbidden fruit in her left hand to
offer it to Adam.
The trees on either side of the central
scene depict the Garden of Eden as described in the Bible, full of
"every kind of tree, pleasant to the sight and good for food."
Dimensions : L. 63 cm x H. 32 cm
Spain
Polychrome and gilded walnut
17th century
missing Adam's right hand
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