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The Fall of Man: AD.5.22-2

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Fall of Man
The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ

Maker(s)

Altdorfer, Albrecht (Printmaker)

Measurements and weight

Height: 73 mm
Width: 49 mm

Relative size of this object

4.9 m7.3 m What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1513 : Date according to Winzinger

School or Style

German

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( chainlines vertical)

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AA
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1
  • Location: Old secondary support (removed 2002 and attached to inlay)
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
  • Location: Old secondary support (removed 2002 and attached to inlay)
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Stamp
  • Text: AD.5.22-2
  • Location: Old secondary support (removed 2002 and attached to inlay)
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Stamp

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-2
Primary reference Number: 29872
Bartsch: 1
Winzinger: 26
New Hollstein (German): 1
Old location number: 37.1.15a
Lugt: 2475

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 July 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "The Fall of Man" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/29872 Accessed: 2022-08-08 22:42:10

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/29872 |title=The Fall of Man |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-08-08 22:42:10|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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