Zondeval

Adam and Eve are depicted as idealized nude figures in a dense forest, with Adam placing his arm around Eve as she holds the forbidden fruit. A serpent with a human face coils around the tree trunk above them, while various animals including a dog, a cat, an owl, and a frog surround the couple. In the distant background, a smaller scene shows the creation of Eve from Adam's rib.

In Western esoteric thought, particularly Hermeticism and Kabbalah, the Fall of Adam represents the descent of the divine 'Anthropos' (Primal Man) into the material realm of form and mortality. This Mannerist interpretation emphasizes the psychological tension and the introduction of the four temperaments—often symbolized by the animals present—into human nature following the loss of original balance.