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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

Printer Printed by Christian Egenolff German
ca. 1540
Not on view

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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
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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