The Fall of Man, from "The Small Passion"
ca. 1510
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 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
1975.653.23
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer's *The Fall of Man*, from his renowned series *The Small Passion (ca. 1509–1511), captures the biblical moment of original sin with dramatic intensity. Created around 1510, this woodcut depicts and Eve in the Garden of Eden, tempted by the amid symbolic animals like boars, goats, and serpents—representing human temperaments and the chaos of temptation. As a cornerstone of Northern Renaissance art, Dürer's work bridges medieval piety and emerging humanism, making profound religious narratives accessible to a wider audience through affordable prints. Dürer, a master printmaker fr...
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 ...