The death of a first-born son representing the tenth plague of Egypt

  • Schön, Erhard, -1542.
Date:
[1518]
Reference:
3336350i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

[Nuremburg]: [1518]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut on paper; 5.2 x 9.2 cm

Related material

print published in: Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti... (b31038578)

Lettering

Bears Latin text on verso

Notes

People carefully lower the man's body into a coffin as a woman prays before a man outside; two people can be seen in the distance on a bridge fishing
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer
Possibly an illustration to the tenth plague of Egypt, Death of the first born son, an accoung in the Book of Exodus according to the inscription above the print as it appeared in the Biblio.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3336350i

Ownership note

Purchased from Puttick & Simpson on 13th August 1909

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