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Tintoretto painted another version for the ceiling of the Upper Hall of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Ian Holbourn calls the work "sketchy but very strong"; Evelyn March Phillipps describes the painting thus:Eve leans back in a thick mass of foliage, with a sunbeam striking athwart her white limbs. She is a ripe, voluptuous beauty, who holds out the apple to the man who, half in shade and finely modelled, is gently pushing her hand away. The branches of the apple-tree are painted with the utmost care: at the feet of Eve an evil-looking serpent glides away. This is a simply designed panel, but the oval is perfectly filled, and the lines are arranged in a sort of symmetrical pattern. The colour has the warm and ruddy glow of a typical Venetian picture. The outlines blend and mingle with the surrounding gloom, so that the arrangement is determined by alternating waves of light and shadow. It is freely and softly painted, and though it cannot compare with the rendering of the same subject in the Accademia, and does not look as if Tintoretto had given it much time or interest, it is a sensuous and emotional piece of work.
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