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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 2. Expulsion from the Paradise

🖼 Small Passion: 2. Expulsion from the Paradise, 1510
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Dramatic diagonal composition shows Adam and Eve fleeing paradise as an angel wielding a sword drives them toward barren ground. Dürer's woodcut masterfully captures human vulnerability and divine judgment, establishing the expulsion scene as a foundational image for Northern Renaissance printmaking.

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