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Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century

The Annunciation, flanked by Eve and the Serpent and Gideon's Fleece, from a Biblia Pauperum blockbook, 3rd edition

ca. 1465
Woodcut with traces of hand-coloring printed in brown ink
27.5 × 21.4 cm (10.8 × 8.4 in)

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