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The Allegory of the Unfaithful Wife (Ezekiel XVI, 1–63),

Figure 67 from Treasure Box or Shrine of the True Riches of Salvation and Eternal Blessedness (Der Schatzbehalter oder Schrein der wahren Reichtümer des Heils und ewiger Seligkeit)

Woodcut with hand coloring

Edition: Published as figure 67 in “Schatzbehalter oder Schrein der wahren Reichthuemer des heils und ewiger Seligkeit” by Stephan Fridolin (German, ca. 1430–1498), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1491

Accession number: 1953.6.24

Gift of David Keppel (Wesleyan honorary degree 1929), 1953

Bibliography: Schramm 383; Schreiber 52021; Hain 14507; see DAC holdings by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff for leaves from the same book (Schatzbehalter).

Work Type: print

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• religions
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• wives
• Bible
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