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Click to view high resolution image Title: Scenes from Old and New Testaments Creator: Bertram von Minden, artist Description: Upper register: God the Father discovers Adam and Eve to have eaten the forbidden fruit. Adam assigns blame to Eve, who points to the woman-headed serpent on the ground. The couple is ejected from Eden and makes their living by spinning (Eve) and tilling the earth (Adam). Lower register: Christ circumcised in the Temple. The woman behind Mary carries two birds for sacrifice and Simeon, the high priest, passes Christ to Mary with shrouded hands; Slaughter of the Innocents; Mary nurses the Christ Child as the Holy Family pauses to eat during their return from Egypt. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Adam (Biblical Figure) Breast Feeding Eve (Biblical Figure) Fall of Humankind Holy Family Massacre of the Innocents Spindle Spinning Madonna Lactans (Artistic Motif) Work in Art Geographic Area: Germany Century: 14 Date: 1375-1383 Related Work: Grabower Altarpiece http://www.terminartors.com/artworkprofile/Master_Bertram-Grabow_Altarpiece Current Location: Hamburg, Kunsthalle Original Location: Hamburg, St. Peter’s, main altar Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Oil; Wood; Altarpiece wing (right, inner) Donor: Laymen; Bertram Horborch, Burgermeister of Hamburg, and Wilhelm Horborch, Professor of Theology Height/Width/Length(cm): 172 cm/ 67.7"/172 cm/ 67.7"/ Inscription: Related Resources:

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