Saint Sebald Carrying the Model of His Church in Nuremberg

Sebald Beham, c. 1521

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Artist: Sebald Beham ¹
Date: c. 1521 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with touches of red chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 3,600 × 3,572 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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