The Battle of Hemmingstedt 1500

Hans Grohs

1920

  • Titles The Battle of Hemmingstedt 1500 (Proper)
  • Artist Hans Grohs, German, 1892 - 1981
  • Medium woodcut
  • Dimensions sheet: 18 7/8 × 24 in. (48 × 61 cm) image (irregular): 14 9/16 × 20 1/4 in. (37 × 51.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Frauken Grohs Collinson, AFI.137.2015
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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