Adam en Eva, anonymous, after Bartholomeus Spranger, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1596 print Adam and Eva stand for the tree of knowledge in paradise. Eva just takes on the apple of the snake. On the ground for Adam and Eva a dog and a hedgehog. In the background a deer and a lion. In the lower margin a two -line Latin text. Copy in mirror image to engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1585. Reconstructed from two fragments. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her)

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