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"description": "By 1509 color prints were successfully produced by printing the line block in black but using a second block to print the background color. Unprinted areas of white paper formed the highlights. Wechtlin\u2019s The Knight and Lansquenet is a beautiful example of this technique.",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry. \"Woodcuts by Hans Wechtlin.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40, no. 2 (February 1953): 30-32.",
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