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Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester collection, The Art Institute of Chicago; Photo by Joseph Martin/Scala, Art Resource, New York, NY

Eve tempted by the Serpent by Lucas Cranach the elder, painted about 1530. Under the gaze of the wily serpent, Eve firmly grasps the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:16–17); her other hand holds the forbidden fruit.