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

The Splendid Foundation of the Old White King, from Der Weisskunig

printed 18th century
Woodcut
22.5 × 19.7 cm (8.9 × 7.8 in)

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