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Engraving: Adam and Eve beside a tree marked CHRISTUS, a seated couple with a skull and heart-tree at right, angels above.

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
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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)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust