The Expulsion from Paradise, from "The Small Passion"
1510
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 5 x 3 7/8 in. (12.7 x 9.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1975
Accession Number
1975.653.24
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer's *The Expulsion from Paradise created in 1510, is a poignant woodcut from his renowned series *The Small Passion a set of 37 prints depicting key scenes from the Life of Christ and biblical narratives. This intimate image (5 x 3 7/8 inches) captures the dramatic moment from Genesis when Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden by a angel wielding a flaming sword. Dürer, the masterful German artist of the Northern Renaissance, infuses the scene with raw emotion—Eve's despairing gesture, Adam's slumped posture, and the angel's authoritative presence—drawing viewers into humani...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...