Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A tortoise climbs up a female figure as she reaches out to a bird; in the background Adam and Eve are chased from Eden by the archangel Michael with his sword; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
A tortoise climbs up a female figure as she reaches out to a bird; in the background Adam and Eve are chased from Eden by the archangel Michael with his sword; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
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A tortoise climbs up a female figure as she reaches out to a bird; in the background Adam and Eve are chased from Eden by the archangel Michael with his sword; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

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Lettering: Sœpius ut ractus fines transcendit honesti/ Sic sœpe et facti fit sibi poena sui/ Fulgura sensere atq armatum fulmine ferram/ Ob lapsum ex horto pulsus uterq parens. M. de Vos invent. N. de B. fe.

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