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Keywords: Giovanni Battista Foggini - The Fall of Man - Walters 54676.jpg Adam and Eve the first humans are depicted at the moment of their transgression which led to their expulsion from Eden Spurred on by the serpent Eve hands Adam an apple from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil The monkey an animal known for its lustfulness indicates their folly The bodies of Adam and Eve are arranged in graceful curves that draw them together around the central axis of the tree The representation of a leafy tree a motif associated with landscape painting is a striking example of a 17th-century sculptor challenging the limits of his medium in the pursuit of naturalism ca 1650 1700 bronze cm 60 7 accession number 54 676 21754 Marcus Antocolsky Paris by purchase Sale Hotel Drouot Paris June 10 1901 number unknown Madame C Lelong Paris by purchase Sale Paris April 30 1903 no 301 Henry Walters Baltimore 1903 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Giovanni Battista Foggini Temptation of Adam and Eve Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Statues of monkeys
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