The Expulsion from Paradise

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of an angel banishing two figures from a forest setting. The drawing depicts an angelic figure holding a sword, pointing it towards two human figures. The figures stand in front of a thick tree with textured bark and branching limbs. The angel is depicted with detailed wings and is wearing a tunic with elaborate patterns. The two human figures appear nude, with one holding or gesturing to another as they look backward. An apple is represented above, hanging from a branch. The illustration is created in a style resembling that of Albrecht Dürer, showing careful attention to linear detail and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 12.6 × 9.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3634

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 127

  • Series Title

    The Small Woodcut Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph Daniel Böhm [1794-1865], Vienna (Lugt 271); Robert Scholtz [1834-1912], Budapest (Lugt 2241); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1940; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • The Life of Christ in Prints, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1956-1957, no cat.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 188.

Inscriptions

in block, upper right, on hanging tablet: 1510 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand:18; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 3

Watermarks

Large imperial orb (Meder 53) [?]

Wikidata ID

Q18338581

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