Watercolor and ink of a white-robed bearded figure with two nude figures, Adam reclining and Eve rising, beside a vine-covered tree and distant hills.

The Creation of Eve: 'And She shall be called Woman'

A bearded, white-robed elder figure stands center, with a nude woman rising at right and a nude man reclining at lower left, reaching upward toward her. Loose watercolor and pen wash show a vine-draped tree at left, a distant hilly landscape, and blue clouds beside the figures.

Artist: William Blake
Date: 1804
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Size: 2932 × 3645 px

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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1804; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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The Creation of Eve: 'And She shall be called Woman'

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