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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

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) · 1485, portfolio assembled 1929 · Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper

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Credit lineBook of Revelation (Seven Trumpets) from The Bible (also called the Tenth German Bible), Plate 28 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. 1485, portfolio assembled 1929. 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). The Art Institute of Chicago, Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund. CC0.

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