
Allegory on the Good and the Corrupt Tree
An engraving showing Adam and Eve beside a tree labeled CHRISTUS at left, while a seated couple embraces at right beside a skull and a second tree bearing a heart. Angels and clouds fill the sky, and Latin inscriptions run along the bottom edge.
- Artist
- Gillis van Breen
- Date
- c. 1600
- Medium
- Engraving in black on cream laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1155 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1605).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust