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Black-and-white woodcut: a labeled spoked wheel, a standing woman in a gown, armed men and robed figures, and a banner with text above.

The Michelfeldt Tapestry (Allegory on Social Injustice), first part of three

A black-ink woodcut on cream laid paper shows a large spoked wheel at left, its segments labeled with inscriptions, beside a standing woman in a long gown. At right, armed men and robed figures, including a crowned man in fur, walk past a blackletter banner above them.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Date
1526
Medium
Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 841 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1526).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. Richard Zinser