Art Institute of Chicago
The Passage of the Red Sea (recto) and The Burial of Jacob (verso) from Neuwe Biblische Figuren, plate 48 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591)
- Date
- 1565, assembled into portfolio 1937
- Medium
- Woodcut on paper
- Culture
- Switzerland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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