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The Fall and Redemption of Man: Christ Taking Leave of His Mother before the Passion

The Fall and Redemption of Man:  Christ Taking Leave of His Mother before the Passion, by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1515
The Fall and Redemption of Man:  Christ Taking Leave of His Mother before the Passion, by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1515

The Fall and Redemption of Man: Christ Taking Leave of His Mother before the Passion is a print by the Renaissance artist Albrecht Altdorfer. It dates from 1515 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist

Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…

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