Adam en Eva, BI-1887-1463-150

Adam and Eve are shown in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by several animals including a dog, a cat, a goat, and a parrot. Eve reclines while extending an apple toward Adam, as a serpent with a human face and arms coils around the Tree of Knowledge behind them. The scene captures the pivotal moment of the Fall, rendered with the idealized anatomy and fluid lines typical of late Mannerism.

In Western esoteric traditions, the Fall represents the descent of the primordial man (Adam Kadmon) from a divine, unified state into the realm of duality and materiality. The inclusion of specific animals often serves as a natural-philosophical shorthand for the four temperaments, illustrating the human body as a microcosm containing all animal natures.