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Black and white print of an ornate Gothic monstrance with spires, a small shrine with a bird at right, and vertical blackletter text along the edge.

Monstrance with a Bird (Pelican)

A black-and-white woodcut-style print shows a tall Gothic monstrance, its canopied vessel topped by pinnacles and crockets on a sturdy stem. At the right, a small architectural shrine with a perched bird is set against the vertical pinnacles, and blackletter text runs along the right margin.

Artist
Lucas Cranach (I)
Date
1509-1549
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2531 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1549.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam