Eve and the Apple

This one-sided decorative circular relief depicts the scene in the Old Testament in the Bible when Eve, the first woman, having been tempted by the serpent, eats an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Eve in her turn tempts Adam to eat, and both become aware of their nakedness, which leads to their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, and to their punishments by God.

The medal is made by Paul Vincze (1907-1994), a Hungarian-born medallist who took British citizenship in 1948 and lived and worked in London from then until his death. Vincze received wide and varied commissions and found a position in the mainstream of British medallic art.