God creates man in the Garden of Eden, coloured etching

A hand-coloured etching shows a lush Eden with God in red and blue robes standing on a cloud at centre right, while a nude man, Adam, sits by a stream at left. Lions, a deer, an elephant, and birds gather around, beneath a radiant sun and distant mountains. Latin and French inscriptions run along the lower margin.

Artist

Unknown

Date

[between 1700 and 1799]

Medium

Etchings

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

4000 × 2974 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection