Fall (or Temptation of Adam), from "The Dance of Death"
Hans Holbein the Younger · ca. 1526, published 1538 · Woodcut
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About this picture
Fall (or Temptation of Adam), from "The Dance of Death" is a public-domain illustration by Hans Holbein the Younger, dated ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Fall (or Temptation of Adam), from "The Dance of Death"” (ca. 1526, published 1538) records a face and a costume with very little flattery, which is how Holbein painted the Tudor court.
About the artist
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) was a German painter who became portraitist to Henry VIII. The drawings and paintings record costume and face with very little flattery.
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