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The Passage of the Red Sea (recto) and The Burial of Jacob (verso) from Neuwe Biblische Figuren, plate 48 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1565, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut on paper
10.9 × 15.3 cm (4.3 × 6 in)

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