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| Keywords: Pietro Mera - The Fall of Man - Walters 37576 - A T Front.jpg This depiction of the traditional subject of the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden is extremely unusual because there is no serpent represented Eve is represented as particularly sensuous and aggressive in offering the fruit to Adam who does not take the fruit but who gestures in a way that indicated that he is arguing with Eve Some theologians insisted that Eve was much more to blame than Adam; this painting responds to that line of thinking Pietro Mera to whom the painting has now been attributed was one of the many Flemish painters working in Venice and surrounding art centers around 1600 Their sensitivity to landscape was greatly appreciated The lushness of the landscape here reflects the tastes of his homeland between 1600 1610 Renaissance Oil on canvas cm 161 120 ; Approx surviving original fabric cm 142 106 accession number 37 576 32681 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore prior to 1909 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters before 1909 place of origin Tigray Kifle Håger Ethiopia Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pietro Mera Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Adam and Eve in paintings Paintings of Temptation of Adam and Eve | ||||
