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Block 2: An army marching to the left away from Laxenberg, from "Warhafftige beschreibung des andern Zugs in Osterreich wider den Turcken gemeyner Christenheit Erbfeinde..."

Michael Ostendorfer German
Author Warhafftige German
Publisher Jheronimum Formschneyder German

1539

Not on view

For additional information about the book, see 51.541.1(1-16)
Inserted between L.9 and L.10: An army marching to the left away from Laxenberg.

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Title: Block 2: An army marching to the left away from Laxenberg, from "Warhafftige beschreibung des andern Zugs in Osterreich wider den Turcken gemeyner Christenheit Erbfeinde..."

Artist: Michael Ostendorfer (German, (?) ca. 1490–1549 Regensburg)

Author: Warhafftige

Publisher: Jheronimum Formschneyder

Date: 1539

Medium: Woodcut with hand coloring

Dimensions: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 20 1/16 in. (39.5 × 51 cm)

Classifications: Books, Prints-Fete, Prints

Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Flying Officer Walter Bigelow Rosen, 1956

Object Number: 56.541.1(2)

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