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The Fall and Redemption of Man: The Message of the Angel to Joachim

Albrecht Altdorfer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image. A man with wavy hair and a beard wearing a robe stands in a landscape with his right arm raised and left arm pointing up. He looks up at an angel with large wings wearing a robe and holding a pot or vase with a small object dropping out. The man stands on the left and the angel is on the top right. There is a flock of sheep on the right and a river on the left. The background includes a rocky cliff on the right. The image is framed by a black line.

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612 × 893 px
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