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A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
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A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

Martin de Vos

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Ut bona custus habet sic noxia multa palato/ Munera sint Cereris sive ea Bacche rua/ Dum gustant primi Lethalia poma parentes/ Ipsi in peccatum posteritasque cadunt. M. de Vos invent. N. de B. fe.

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