This isn't just an engraving of Adam and Eve from 1504. It's a global ad campaign

"Prints interest me because they circulate in society."

"Prints interest me because they circulate in society."

Curator Freyda Spira on Albrecht Dürer's print "Adam and Eve."

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Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer  German, Engraving
Albrecht Dürer
1504