Fall of Man and Lamentation (Vienna diptych)

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Fall of Man and Lamentation (Vienna diptych) is a late 15th-century devotional diptych by Hugo van der Goes that juxtaposes the biblical scenes of Adam and Eve’s fall with the mourning over Christ’s body, emphasizing themes of sin and redemption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious painting
devotional diptych
panel painting
artHistoricalContext Burgundian Netherlands NERFINISHED
artHistoricalSignificance example of Hugo van der Goes’s mature style
artworkType diptych
countryOfOrigin Flanders NERFINISHED
creator Hugo van der Goes NERFINISHED
creatorNationality Flemish
depicts Adam NERFINISHED
Eve NERFINISHED
Fall of Man NERFINISHED
Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
Lamentation over the Dead Christ NERFINISHED
Mourning over Christ’s body
Original sin
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary
function aid to meditation on Christ’s Passion
didactic illustration of doctrine of redemption
genre biblical painting
devotional art
hasPart Fall of Man panel
Lamentation panel NERFINISHED
iconography Eve and Virgin Mary typology
typological pairing of Adam and Christ
inception late 15th century
medium oil paint
movement Early Netherlandish painting NERFINISHED
period Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED
pictorialTradition Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED
purpose private devotion
religion Christianity
support wooden panels
theme Passion of Christ NERFINISHED
contrast between Fall and Redemption
redemption
salvation
sin
visualStrategy juxtaposition of Old and New Testament scenes

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Hugo van der Goes notableWork Fall of Man and Lamentation (Vienna diptych)