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Pride goeth before a fall

Publisher David Funck German
1531
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pride goeth before a fall
  • Artist: Christoph Bockstorffer (German, Memmingen ca. 1480–ca. 1553 Colmar)
  • Publisher: David Funck (German, active Nuremberg, 1682–1709)
  • Date: 1531
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two (Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 8 1/16 × 10 5/8 in. (20.5 × 27 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of W. G. Russel Allen, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.6.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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