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Hans Burgkmair|Jost de Negker|Marx Treitz-Sauerwein von Ehrentreitz

The Skill of the White King Dealing with Different Nations in Wartime, from Der Weisskunig

16th century
Woodcut
22.1 × 20 cm (8.7 × 7.9 in)

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