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Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century

The Bridegroom Showing the Bride His Land, from a Canticum Canticorum blockbook, 1st edition

ca. 1460/1465
Woodcut with touches of red gouache; verso with letterpress text with touches of red gouache
12.7 × 18.4 cm (5 × 7.2 in)

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