Adam and Eve / Fall of Man

The Fall of Man on the “Fig Tree Angle’ above the 18th Capital

The Adam and Eve / Fall of Man is on the ‘Fig Tree Angle’ at the corner of the Molo and the Piazzetta above the 18th Capital in the Ducal Palace. Series of Capitals of Lower Arcade. Above it is the Archangel Michael. It is illustrated at Plate H, facing Works, 10.358. See Notebook M2 p.89, and Notebook M2 pp.106-107 for a comparison of the angle sculptures.

See also the Drunkenness of Noah on the ‘Vine Angle’ and the Judgment of Solomon on the ‘Judgment Angle’ at the Porta della Carta.

[Version 0.05: May 2008]