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Hans Sebald Beham

The Rain of Manna from Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalt, plate five from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1551, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut in black on tan laid paper
5.3 × 7.1 cm (2.1 × 2.8 in)

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