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| Keywords: German - The Temptation, Expulsion, Annunciation, and Adoration of the Magi - Walters 6111.jpg This tiny folding diptych is in the form of a prayerbook which opens to reveal four biblical scenes to be read as meditations On the left two Old Testament episodes- the Temptation of Adam and Eve and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden- are set across from two New Testament stories- the Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi The sin of Adam and mankind's fall from grace is redeemed by the granting of God's grace in the incarnation of the Word at the Annunciation and the universal recognition of Christ's divinity between 1520 1540 Renaissance boxwood cm 9 7 8 3 accession number 61 11 4305 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 place of origin south Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum The Fall Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
