# Complaint of the Poor Persecuted Idols

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SCHÖN, Erhard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schn-erhard-r5693b0ede0c552>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Woodcut

## Commentary

Complaint of the Poor Persecuted Idols c. 1530 Woodcut Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg In the mid-1520s, Schön began designing broadsheets that spoofed current events and human nature and illustrated satirical poems by a Nuremberg poet.

## Related artworks

- [The Six Excellent Spiritual Gifts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schn-erhard-r5693b0ede0c552/the-six-excellent-spiritual-gifts-r9ac62c2a7b5f61>)

## Attribution

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