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Historiarum Veteris Testamenti Icones Biblicae

1538 and 1545
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Historiarum Veteris Testamenti Icones Biblicae
  • Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Engraver: Hans Lützelburger (German, died Basel, before 1526)
  • Printer: Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel
  • Printer: Christoph Froschauer the Elder (1521–1564)
  • Date: 1538 and 1545
  • Medium: Woodcuts (cut outs)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 14 3/4 x 10 13/16 x 1 3/16 in. (37.5 x 27.5 x 3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Philip Hofer, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.102.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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