Eve hands Adam the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, watched by a serpent. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament marble bas-relief on the west front of Orvieto Cathedral, Umbria, Italy, attributed to Lorenzo Maitani (c. 1275 - 1330), who designed the cathedral’s Late Gothic facade. Maitani is believed to have had direct input as a sculptor on two panels covering two of the facade’s four lower pilasters: one panel depicts scenes from the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, including the scene in this image; the other panel depicts The Last Judgement.
Orvieto, Umbria, Italy: Eve passes the forbidden fruit to Adam watched by a serpent coiled around the trunk of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. One of the renowned Old Testament marble bas-reliefs on the first pillar of the west front of the city’s cathedral, the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta. The medieval sculpture enriching the west facade of the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, in Piazza del Duomo, was executed by a team led by the architect and sculptor, Lorenzo Maitani (c. 1275-1330). His work is now recognised as among the very finest examples of Italian Gothic art.
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Location: Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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