The Expulsion from the Garden

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After Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, May 21, 1471–April 6, 1528)

Artist Johann Mommard (Flemish, active 1590–1627)

Title The Expulsion from the Garden (Vertreibung aus dem Paradies)

Plate Number Plate 3

Series The Small Passion

Date 1587

Medium Woodcut on paper

Dimensions Image: 6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (17.1 × 13 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (17.1 × 13 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Julia King and Mr. Jasper King, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 82.39.3

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Mommard’s copies of prints from Dürer’s Small Passion are almost indistinguishable from the originals, right down to his bold appropriation of the artist’s “AD” monogram. Only the subtlest details betray his copyist’s hand. In Expulsion from the Garden, for example, the only clue is an almost imperceptible difference in the contour of Adam’s buttocks, while in The Last Supper the arc of a man’s fingers resting on the table is the tip-off. The fidelity of Mommard’s copies suggests they may possibly have been deliberate forgeries, capitalizing on the resurgent popularity of Dürer’s prints in the late 1500s.

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Plate Number Plate 3
Series Title The Small Passion

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