Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 – 1564

The Expulsion from Paradise

fresco — 1508-1512 Museum Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Michelangelo Buonarroti biography

This work is linked to Genesis 3:24

As punishment for their disobedience Adam and Eve are driven from Paradise. Another part of their punishment is their realization that they are naked.

Part of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel.

The scene is proceeded by The Fall.

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