MASACCIO
(b. 1401, San Giovanni Valdarno, d. 1428, Roma)

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

1426-27
Fresco, 208 x 88 cm
Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

The reproduction presented here was made before a recent restoration during which the leaves - added in the 17th century to conceal the nudity of Adam and Eve - were removed.