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

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Title: The Allegory of the Unfaithful Wife (Ezekiel XVI, 1–63)
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: 1491
Set or Series Title: 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)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of David Keppel (Wesleyan honorary degree 1929), 1953
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut with hand coloring
Keywords: allegory, Bible, Old Testament, religions, religious art, wives
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
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
Bibliography: S. 52021; H. 14507; Schramm 383; see DAC holdings by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff for leaves from the same book (Schatzbehalter)
Associated People: Created by Anonymous
Accession Number: 1953.6.24

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