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Woodcut Illustration of William Tell Shooting an Apple from His Son's Head

Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte

Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
Munich, Germany

This is a woodcut illustration depicting the legend of William Tell, a folk hero of Switzerland. The scene shows Tell aiming his crossbow at an apple placed on his son's head. Other figures are present, seemingly overseeing the act, against a backdrop of a landscape with a body of water and buildings in the distance. The inscription above translates to 'From William Tell the pious countryman, that he must shoot an apple from his own child's head and how it happened.'

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  • Title: Woodcut Illustration of William Tell Shooting an Apple from His Son's Head
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
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