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Book of Revelation (Seven Trumpets) from The Bible (also called the Tenth German Bible), Plate 28 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

A work made of woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper.

Date:

1485, portfolio assembled 1929

Artist:

Unknown Artist (Strasbourg, late 15th century)
printed and published by Johann Reinhard Grüninger (German, c. 1455–1532)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Unknown artist (Illustrator)

Title

Book of Revelation (Seven Trumpets) from The Bible (also called the Tenth German Bible), Plate 28 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Original 1485

Medium

Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 10 × 13.6 cm (3 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 28.9 × 20 cm (11 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Reference Number

1938.86.28

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