id: 129953 accession number: 1952.38.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.38.b updated: 2023-08-23 21:02:28.046000 The Fall and Redemption of Man: Joachim's Offering Rejected by the High Priest, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.38.b title: The Fall and Redemption of Man: Joachim's Offering Rejected by the High Priest title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1515 creation date earliest: 1510 creation date latest: 1520 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: woodcut department: Prints collection: PR - Woodcut type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 40-3 ; Bartsch VIII.73.3 --- CREATORS * Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00 Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: These eight woodcuts come from a series of forty which illustrate the story of Christian redemption from original sin to the Last Judgement. Probably to maximize printing efficiency and quality, eight woodblocks were printed on each of five sheets of paper, but the subjects are not in the correct chronological order. Prior to sale, the sheets were cut into eight pieces. The sheets in the museum's set were only cut in half, preserving four prints per page. The numbers after the titles of the individual images indicate each scene's place within the narrative. By 1513, Altdorfer had already executed a number of small, finely detailed engravings. Because it is difficult to achieve the same degree of precision using woodcut, The Fall and Redemption of Man is a technical tour de force. Probably inspired by Albrecht Dürer's Small Passion (1511)-but almost double the size-the only contemporaneous comparable set of fine miniature woodcuts, Dance of Death, was designed by Hans Holbein in about 1526 (on view nearby). --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.38.b/1952.38.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.38.b/1952.38.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.38.b/1952.38.b_full.tif