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Biblicae Historiae, Artificiosissimis picturis effigiatae Per Sebaldum Behem Pictorem Francoforten/ Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalet. Durch den wolberümten Sebald Behem/ Malern zu Franckfurt

Sebald Beham German
Printed by Christian Egenolff German

ca. 1540

Not on view

Biblicae Historiae, Artificiosissimis picturis effigiatae Per Sebaldum Behem Pictorem Francoforten/ Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalet. Durch den wolberümten Sebald Behem/ Malern zu Franckfurt, Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500–1550 Frankfurt), Woodcut — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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Title: Biblicae Historiae, Artificiosissimis picturis effigiatae Per Sebaldum Behem Pictorem Francoforten/ Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalet. Durch den wolberümten Sebald Behem/ Malern zu Franckfurt

Artist: Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500–1550 Frankfurt)

Printer: Printed by Christian Egenolff (German, Hadamar 1502–1555 Frankfurt)

Published in: Frankfurt

Date: ca. 1540

Medium: Woodcut

Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 4 7/16 x 5/16 in. (14.3 x 11.3 x 0.8 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Gift of Felix M. Warburg, 1918

Object Number: 18.58.5

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Central Europe (including Germany), 1400-1600 A.D.

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