# The Fall of Man with Scenes of the Creation

**Augustus Cordus** (German)  
1544  
Oil on panel  
48.6 × 58.4 cm (19 1/8 × 23 in.); Framed: 57.5 × 66.7 × 5.1 cm (22 5/8 × 26 1/4 × 2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970.1009. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/35184).

## About this work

Augustus Cordus painted this in 1544. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on panel.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

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German

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Germany
- Real size: about 19 × 23 in (48 × 58 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Subjects: biblical, Adam (Biblical), animals, cats, Christian subjects, Christianity, crèation, death
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
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