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Virgilius Solis, the Elder

The Taking of Jericho from Catholische Bibell, plate ten from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1564, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut on paper
11.5 × 15.5 cm (4.5 × 6.1 in)

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