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# The cat, the goat and the serpent among the details of a painting of Adam and Eve
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/grekhopadenie-khendrik-goltsius-1616/
- Published: 2023-01-13T10:19:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:52:02.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations, Humour

The Fall of Man, Hendrick Goltzius, 1616.

I cannot decide which detail is my favourite: the cat who would rather not witness this disgrace, the peeping goat, or the rosy-cheeked serpent-tempter with the face of Jennifer Coolidge. But it is certainly not Adam and Eve, straight off the substitutes' bench of lovers

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