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Erhard Altdorfer

St. Peter from De Biblie vth der vthlegginge Doctoris Martini Luthers, plate 27 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1534, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut and letterpress in black on cream laid paper
13.5 × 9.2 cm (5.3 × 3.6 in)

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