See Genesis ii.

THE Lord God caused a deep steep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib which the Lord -God had taken from man, made a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. In the scene in Paradise heredepicted, the story of Eve's creation is told with entire appropriateness. The artist shows fine poetic sensibility and the utmost delicacy of thought, and brings us face to face with all the freshness, simplicity and glowing beauty of the Garden just finished by the band of God. Amid the varied and luxuriant foliage are three luminous, figures-beautifully conceived, and executed with delicate white touches upon a pale background. The figure of Adam, though in profound repose, still palpitates with life. Eve-, coy and debonair, gazes upon him with wonder, while in the dazzling light beyond stands a majestic form, faintly outlined- a noble conception of him in whose image man was created.