A subject

Temptation and Fall

Genesis 3:1-71495–15044 hands

Opened by a notation lookup, not by an editor. Iconclass 71A4 glosses this subject as “Temptation and Fall (Genesis 3:1-7)”, and this library reads the Douay-Rheims, where the passage stands at Genesis 3:1-7.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the…Genesis 3:1

An editor has read 4 pictures against this passage and confirmed them.

The same hand, in time
1495Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch1504Albrecht Dürer1504Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)1504Albrecht Dürer

4 hands, 1495 to 1504

The hands

4
  1. The Garden of Paradise, Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch
    Workshop of Hieronymus Boschc. 1500–c. 1520The Garden of ParadiseRobert A. Waller Memorial Fund. CC0.. CC0-1.0The same panel, in which the tree and the taking of the fruit stand further back in the same garden.
  2. Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer
    Albrecht Dürer1504Adam and EveClarence Buckingham Collection. CC0.. CC0-1.0A second impression of Durer's 1504 engraving, at the Art Institute. Same plate, same moment.
  3. Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
    Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)1504Adam and EveDudley P. Allen Fund. CC0-1.0A third impression of Durer's 1504 engraving, at Cleveland. The subject page is the right place to see the three together.
  4. Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer
    Albrecht Dürer1504Adam and EveGift of Mrs. William H. Osborn, in memory of Johnston L. Redmond, 1967. CC0-1.0Durer's 1504 engraving, one of three impressions the library holds. Adam and Eve stand either side of the tree with the fruit in hand and the serpent above, which is Iconclass 71A423, the holding rather than the eating.
Record

The passage

7 verses

1Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?

2And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:

3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

4And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death.

5For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.

6And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.

7And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.

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How this subject was made

The subject was opened by an Iconclass notation. The library's map reads 71A4, whose own gloss is Temptation and Fall (Genesis 3:1-7), as Genesis 3:1-7; a picture reaches this page when the notation a cataloguer put on it resolves here, whether the cataloguer wrote the notation down or wrote a subject heading that carries one. The authority is iconclass.org/71A4.

Connections

Painted

  • The Garden of Paradise1495The same panel, in which the tree and the taking of the fruit stand further back in the same garden.
  • Adam and Eve1504Durer's 1504 engraving, one of three impressions the library holds. Adam and Eve stand either side of the tree with the fruit in hand and the serpent above, which is Iconclass 71A423, the holding rather than the eating.
  • Adam and Eve1504A second impression of Durer's 1504 engraving, at the Art Institute. Same plate, same moment.
  • Adam and Eve1504A third impression of Durer's 1504 engraving, at Cleveland. The subject page is the right place to see the three together.

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Temptation and Fall comes from Genesis. So do these passages.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) made a picture of Temptation and Fall, and of these.

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