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The Queen of Sheba Avoiding the Wooden Bridge, c. 1532. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Sheet: 5 × 7.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Queen of Sheba Avoiding the Wooden Bridge
- Artist
- Georg Pencz German, c. 1500-1550
- Date
- c. 1532
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 5 × 7.8 cm (2 × 3 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.