R15048: The Duke Dies in Captivity; His Children Presented to the White King

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R15048

People

Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Marx Treitzsauerwein
Author: Maximilian I

Title

The Duke Dies in Captivity; His Children Presented to the White King

Other Titles

Former Title: How the King Dies in Prison and his Children are Presented to the White King
Series/Book Title: Der Weisskunig (first edition of 1775)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1514

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/246704

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 21.9 × 19.4 cm (8 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 24 × 21 cm (9 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: center: Soldier with two clubs? (illeg.)
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: [armorial; C. W. von Blucher (Lugt 2710)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)]
• inscription: red chalk, in lower margin, centered: 3ooss[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

v/vi

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 216, Hollstein 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R15048

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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