Painting on board signed HG bottom left under Adam’s right foot. Inspired by his etching Adam and Eve with the serpent of 1585 (21,3x15,6cm). Catalogue raisonné Bartsch n°271; CR  Hollstein n°316; CR  Strauss n°217. 
The etching being inspired by a drawing of Bartholomäus Spranger (1546-1611). 

22 pages study available :
I/ Provenance & Attribution of the painting
IA – Provenance : A painting coming after the H. Goltzius etching of 1585
IB – A painting attributed to Hendrick Goltzius
Authenticity is confirmed by the nearly similar prior etching and by the monogram HG signature
II/ Goltzius repeted theme of Adam & Eve confirm attribution & dating
II-A. The other artworks by Goltzius about Adam & Eve confirm 1600 dating
II-B. Why Adam & Eve theme
III- Other artworks by Goltzius to be compared
III-A- Drawings and paintings by Goltzius
III-B- Etchings by Goltzius after Bartholomeus Spranger