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Winged figure in blue touches a globe of concentric rings above a garden where three nude figures stand beside orange trees.

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

A winged figure in blue robes reaches down to touch a blue-banded globe of concentric rings, with a small green and brown earth at its center, against a gold sky. At right, three nude figures stand in a garden of orange-laden trees, beneath a flaming angelic figure; the tempera and gold on wood shows fine craquelure.

Artist
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)
Date
1445
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 3560 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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