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The Dance of Death: Expulsion from Paradise; Adam Cultivating the Ground

Hans Holbein the Younger

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image. A man and a woman, both nude, are shown being forced to leave a tree-lined garden or forest. A skeleton to their right brandishes a spear. The man holds an agricultural tool like a pick or hoe. The woman sits on a rock or tree stump on the left. The background shows a body of water. The image is bordered by a thin line.

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687 × 893 px
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