26o FLORAL SYMBOLISM 



In a picture of the Fall, painted in 1570 by 

 Floris Francesco of Antwerp/ Adam sits upon 

 the ground while Eve offers him an apple from 

 the tree. On the earth beside Adam lies a very 

 large gourd. This gourd may only exemplify 

 the fruitfulness of Eden, or it may be another 

 example of the antithetical use of this symbol. 



1 Ufi&zi, Florence. 



