The Fall and Redemption of Man: Adam and Eve Eating the Forbidden Fruit

Albrecht Altdorfer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image on a beige background. A forest scene with bare trees and underbrush. Three figures, two in the foreground and one in the background to the left. The figure in the background has long hair and a hanging serpent. The serpent has a skull for a head. The two figures in the foreground are naked, an adult man and woman. The woman on the left holds an object in her left hand up to her mouth. The man on the right faces away, his left arm raised and bent at the elbow. Both have long wavy hair. Lines are etched horizontally on the woman's right leg and on the man's right leg. A border surrounds the image.