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Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert|Maarten van Heemskerck

The World Carrying Away Knowledge and Love, from The Unrestrained World, plate 3

1550
Etching and Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
18.2 × 24.2 cm (7.2 × 9.5 in)

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