The Fall of Adam and Eve

Hans Burgkmair

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut of two nude people standing facing each other in a forest. The person on the left is female and has long wavy hair. She is on the left and slightly turned toward the right. Her arms are crossed at the chest. The person on the right is male. He has short curly hair and a beard. He faces left with one arm extended and one arm bent at the elbow with the hand raised. A snake wrapped around a tree branch above them. A monkey is kneeling on the ground to the left of the man. A bird and a rabbit are on the ground to the left of the woman. A dense forest surrounds them. There is a band of text at the bottom. The image depicts the fall of Adam and Eve.