# The Fall of Man

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on panel, diameter 15 cm

## Commentary

This small roundel belongs to a group of small roundels by the artist that depict various biblical, mythological, historical, and portrait subjects. The example of Italian medals and circular plaquettes and the work of the medalist Hans Schwarz in Augsburg may have inspired Cranach to choose a round format. The production of these paintings appears to have been limited to the period 1527-29.

## Related artworks

- [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/a-faun-and-his-family-with-a-slain-lion-detail-r100bea5a60de72>)
- [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/a-faun-and-his-family-with-a-slain-lion-re578372caaaf42>)
- [A Prince of Saxony](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/a-prince-of-saxony-rb31a36fa7d2d15>)
- [A Princess of Saxony](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/a-princess-of-saxony-ra2aa6a7f685cf7>)
- [Adam and Eve \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-detail-r8aada976918532>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r01375a05d1f882>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r05c8b0d34ce91c>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r1ad4eb003fa739>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r3f1db7c5f5ccb8>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r4a8d0e88e6766f>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r52dc11a76ec05a>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/adam-and-eve-r8f1ac7afb0d246>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)