Monday, November 26, 2007

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.

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