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Plaquettes 1500-1600: Germany
'The Fall and the Expulsion from the Garden of Paradise', relief
'The Fall and the Expulsion from the Garden of Paradise', relief
'The Fall and the Expulsion from the Garden of Paradise'
Relief
Germany (Saxony)
About 1540-60
Gilded bronze
Museum no. A. 111-1929
Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh FSA
From a series telling the story of Genesis, the first book in the Old Testament. The same model was used by goldsmiths for reliefs on tankards, caskets and cabinets.
