The Fall: Adam and Eve driven out by the Angel for eating the forbidden fruit. Etching by C. Lasinio after Masaccio and Masolino.

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The Fall: Adam and Eve driven out by the Angel for eating the forbidden fruit. Etching by C. Lasinio after Masaccio and Masolino. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. O.T. Genesis 3. In Masolino's painting, Adam, as well as Eve, holds a piece of the forbidden fruit. Compare record number 15635i. The seraph in the etching of the Masaccio wields the "flaming sword" mentioned in Genesis 3.24

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Pisa : Nicholas Capurro

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1 print : etching ; image 24.6 x 23.1 cm

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La chute des premieres peres et liberation de St. Pierre. ; Peint par Masaccio et Masolino dans l'eglise des Carmes a Florence. ; Carolus Lasinio sculp. A Pise chez Nicholas Capurro Bears number: V

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Wellcome Collection 15637i

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