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Giovanni di Paolo

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

1445
Tempera and gold on wood
46.4 × 52.1 cm (18.3 × 20.5 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 956

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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