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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M4608
People
Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Melchior Pfinzing
Title
Theuerdank Defeats Another Hostile Knight
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Theuerdank (Die Geverlicheiten und eins Teils der Geschiecten des ... Helds und Ritters Herr Tewrdannckhs, 1519 edition)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1517
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259331

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut and type printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 15.8 × 14 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 23 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed type below block: Als Nendelbart ... aussenbelib
  • inscription: type number printed below block toward right corner: 92
  • inscription: verso, printed type: Gunder ... dasselb west
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 4608

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 340, Hollstein 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horace M. Swope
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
M4608
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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