Artist: William James Hubard
Date: 1847
Museum: The Valentine (Richmond, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
William James Hubard’s painting illustrates the biblical story of man’s fall from grace. Richmond’s Christian community members have traced their own family lineage directly to the first couple created by God to inhabit his Garden of Eden.The doctrine of the fall of man is extrapolated from Genesis 3. According to the narrative, God creates Adam and Eve, the first man and woman. God places them in the Garden of Eden and forbids them to eat fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent tempts Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree, which she shares with Adam. They immediately become ashamed of their nakedness. Subsequently, God banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and places cherubim to guard the entrance, so that Adam and Eve will not eat from the
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