Adam and Eve as Lovers

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by Henk Bekker

Hegewald: Adam und Eva als Liebespaar

Less common is the ivory carving of Adam and Eve as Lovers (Adam und Eva als Liebespaar) by Zacharias Hegewald, c. 1630. The couple is in bed; no snake to be seen. A modesty sheet can be unpinned to reveal (presumably) their naked genitals.

In the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany.