# Left reliefs on the portal: 3. Original Sin [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [QUERCIA, Jacopo della]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Istrian stone, 82 x 68 cm ## Commentary Left reliefs on the portal: 3. Original Sin 1425-30 Istrian stone, 82 x 68 cm San Petronio, Bologna The five scenes on the left lateral support of the main portal of San Petronio are, from top to bottom, the \(i\) Creation of Adam, \(ii\) Creation of Eve, \(iii\) Original Sin, \(iv\) Expulsion from Paradise and \(v\) Work of the Ancestors. The picture shows the relief of Original Sin. This relief is one of the most innovative scenes iconographically as it shows Adam and Eve at equal fault for the Fall. Adam glares angrily at Eve, who has her eyes closed. The two figures are shown on either side of the Tree of Knowledge, whose large central form bisects the relief plane. ## Related artworks - [Acca Larentia]() - [Acca Larentia]() - [Acca Larentia]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias]() - [Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()