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Christ Appears to the Magdalen, from The Fall and Redemption of Man

A work made of woodcut in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of woodcut in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1513

Artist:

Albrecht Altdorfer
German, c.1480-1538

About this artwork

Albrecht Altdorfer, known as one of the Little Masters (in German, Kleinmeister) along with Georg Pencz and the brothers Barthel and Sebald Beham, excelled at creating prints on a minute scale, whether in intaglio or relief. This woodcuts is part of a series entitled The Fall and Redemption of Man contrasting the expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise with Christ’s Passion narrative. Connoisseurs would have collected these diminutive prints as an entire cycle and often pasted them into albums.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Albrecht Altdorfer

Title

Christ Appears to the Magdalen, from The Fall and Redemption of Man

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1500–1538

Medium

Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/block: 7.1 × 4.7 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.); Sheet: 7.2 × 4.9 cm (2 7/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

Reference Number

1926.64

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