Christ Is Born as Man's Redeemer (Episode from the Story of the Redemption of Man), 1500–1520, South Netherlandish, Wool warp; wool and silk wefts, Overall: 166 1/4 x 315 1/8 in. (422.3 x 800.4 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This tapestry with its rich and complex imagery is the fourth in a series of ten expounding the story of Christ’s redemption of mankind. The series reveals, on the one hand, mankind’s fall from grace and its inability to resist temptation in spite of the assistance offered by the Virtues, and, on the other, Christ’s mission to reconcile mankind with God and thus achieve redemption
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