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The Fall of Man
Titian, The Fall of Man, c. 1550
- Painter
- Titian
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Scripture
- Genesis 3:6
- Published
- 4 October 2026
- Image
- Wikimedia Commons, public domain ↗
In Titian's version Adam is seated and puts his hand against Eve as if to hold her back. She reaches up all the same, towards a serpent with the body of a child.
Titian took the poses from a fresco by Raphael in the Vatican and from Dürer's engraving, and made them heavier and more hesitant. Rubens saw the picture in Madrid in 1628 and painted a copy; both hang in the Prado today.
The serpent has the upper body of a child and hands Eve the fruit like a playmate.
Adam's hand on Eve is the only resistance in the picture, and it is not a strong one.