page from the Holy Bible in Bohemian

published 1506

Italian 16th Century

Artist

Peter Liechtenstein

Publisher, German, born Cologne, active 1490 - 1528

Medium

hand-colored woodcut
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 6.03 × 7.46 cm (2 3/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
sheet: 31.43 × 22.38 cm (12 3/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Accession

2008.115.3177

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Quinn; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 2001; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

Darlow, T.H., and H.F. Moule. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society. reprint, New York, 1963: 2180.

Inscriptions

upper left in pen and ink: 413; upper right verso in pen and ink: 412; underlining and other marks in red and yellow on text throughout

Wikidata ID

Q76454924