The Earth Swallows Korah and His Family, from the book Biblicae Historiae
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500 - 1550
about 1540
Woodcut on laid paper
Overall: 2 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (5.4 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.973.289
Publisher
Christian Engenolff, Frankfurt
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Provenance
Lili Harleman Kohler (wife of Dartmouth Professor Wolfgang Kohler, 1887-1967), Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1973.
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