One of my paintings on this site is The Fall of Man. I painted it as an exercise to master a large complex composition and to practice flesh coulors.
The painting is a copy of "The Fall of Man" made by Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617). Adam and Eve in Paradise is an wellknown theme in art but this Adam and Eve are special because as far as I know it is the only paradise scene in which Adam and Eve are portrayed as an amorous couple in an explicit seduction scene.
Goltzius started his oilpainting career around 1600. At that time he was famous all over Europe as a graphic artist. Some of his comtemporaries compared him with Albrecht Durer. Convinced of his talent he was inclined to agree with that ranking.
When he was one year old he burned his right hand.
He grew up with a mutilated hand he could not fully open. Nevertheless with this hand (he was right handed) he succeeded to become a famous artist.
He portrayed his own mutilated hand several times (see above) The story goes that once travelling abroad, he had to show his mutilated hand to prove that he was indeed the great artist Goltzius.
The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem (Holland) has a large collection of his work, including many paintings, but not The Fall of Man. You have to travel to the United States (National Gallery of Art) to see Goltzius' Adam and Eve.