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Hans Burgkmair

The Fall of Adam and Eve

1525, printed later
woodcut on eight sheets of paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In this second state of the print, Eve's nudity was covered with an olive leaf.

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