Jan Swart

Illustration from Die Bibel (Vorsterman), plate 57 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1528, assembled into portfolio 1937
Hand-colored woodcut on paper
10.9 × 8.1 cm (4.3 × 3.2 in)

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