The Fall of Man

1548

Augustin Hirschvogel

Associated Names
Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

The image displays two figures, a man and a woman, standing on opposite sides of a tree. The man stands on the left, holding his chin with one hand and resting the other on the tree. The woman stands on the right, looking towards the man and holding the tree with both hands. The figures have stylized facial features, with the man having short, curly hair and the woman with long, wavy hair. Both figures appear nude. A serpent is wrapped around the tree, facing the woman. In the background, there is a sparse landscape with sketch-like trees, hills, and small animal figures like a deer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.98

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1971, no. 47


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

Bibliography

1917

  • -- see Schwarz 1917 for full citation -- use 'Schwarz 1971' for Hirschvogel's "Konkordanz" prints only

Wikidata ID

Q65219739

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