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Original fileprint, book-illustration
In the upper portion, a winged angel descends from clouds, brandishing a sword in one hand and a coiled whip in the other, pursuing a pair of figures. Below, Adam and Eve, both naked and long-haired, flee through a wooded area. Adam, in the lead, reaches forward with his arms, while Eve follows closely behind with her hands crossed over her chest. Facing them is a skeletal figure of Death, who appears to be leading them forward while playing a stringed instrument, likely a rebec or fiddle.
This woodcut belongs to Holbein's 'Dance of Death' series, a foundational example of the 'Danse Macabre' tradition that emphasizes the inevitability of mortality. It specifically frames the biblical Expulsion from Eden as the entry point for Death into the human experience.
Genesis 3:23-24
The woodcut depicts the biblical narrative of Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden by a cherubim.
Object
woodcut
laid paper
Renaissance
German
allegory
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
661 × 861 px
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