Vßtribung Ade Eue (Expulsion of Adam and Eve)

c. 1526

Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein the Younger

Associated Names
Hans Lützelburger

Artist, German, active 1517-1526

Hans Holbein the Younger

Artist After, German, 1497/1498 - 1543

This is a drawing featuring mythical elements. The image shows an angelic figure with wings in the sky atop a cloud holding a weapon. Below, two figures are running towards a skeletal figure with a scythe, standing among bare-branched trees. The style is similar to early Renaissance woodcuts or engravings, with bold lines and detailed designs reflecting movement and emotion in the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4848

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700. Vol. XIV A. Roosendaal, 1988: no. 99, 3.

Wikidata ID

Q64957289

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