King Hezekiah on his sickbed asks Isaiah for a sign that he will recover. Coloured woodcut, 15--.
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- [between 1500 and 1599]
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- 772024i
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2 Kings 20.8; the same episode in Isaiah 38.22. II Kings 20.7 says "And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil., and he recovered." A weeping woman brings Hezekiah a dish of figs for application as a poultice
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[Germany], [between 1500 and 1599]
Physical description
1 print : woodcut and letterpress, with watercolour ; image and border 11.6 x 15.1 cm
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Hiskia von den Konigen. Hiskia aber sprach zu Jesaia, Welches ist das Zeichen, das mich der Herr wird gesund machen ...
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Wellcome Collection 772024i
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