Inscription
across bottom in German: The stealth of the snake, the lustfulness of the wife, and the taste of the forbidden fruit bring suffering and heartbreak. Through Adam man came to know the sorrow of death. Therefore we find him the slavery of anguished sin.
Bibliography
- 1966
- 101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 69.