BOSCH, Hieronymus
(b. ca. 1450, 's-Hertogenbosch, d. 1516, 's-Hertogenbosch)

Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)

c. 1500
Oil on panel
Museo del Prado, Madrid

The picture shows a detail of the left wing, representing Christ with Adam and Eve.

Taking Eve by the hand, God presents her to the newly awakened Adam who gazes at this creation from his rib with a mixture, it seems, of surprise and anticipation.