Garden of Earthly Delights - Bosch

Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (left wing - detail)
Hieronymus Bosch
c. 1500
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

This is a detail from the left panel of the famous Bosch triptych. This panel depicts Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.

The Expulsion from Earthly Paradise - Pontormo

The Expulsion from Earthly Paradise
Jacopo Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
c. 1535
oil on wood
43 x 31 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Pontormo was an Italian Mannerist painter known for his use of contorted poses, distorted perspective and unnatural colors.

Expulsion from Garden of Eden - Michelangelo

Expulsion from Garden of Eden
Michelangelo
1509-10
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

This is Michelangelo's version of the expulsion from Eden.

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden - Masaccio

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Masaccio (Tommaso Cassai)

1426-27

Fresco,

208 x 88 cm

Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Believe it or not, this image was on the cover of a Gynecology medical text in the 1970's.

The Fall of Man - Goltzius

The Fall of Man
Hendrik Goltzius
1616
oil on canvas
104.5 x 138.4 cm (41 1/8 x 54 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.

I love this depiction. Dutch painter Hendrik Goltzius shows the couple as lovers, not shameful fools.

Adam and Eve - Cranach

Adam and Eve
Lucas Cranach the younger
after 1537
Oil on lime wood panel

171 x 63 cm (each)

Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

In Cranach's version of Adam and Eve, Adam looks positively perplexed. Eve looks confident, as always.

Adam and Eve - Domenichino

Adam and Eve
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)
1623-25
Italian Painter, Baroque

Sorry, but this painting is funny. Adam seems to be saying, "Hey, it was her, not me!" and God is just giving him the finger.