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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M3671
People
Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Marx Treitzsauerwein
Author: Maximilian I
Title
The Battle of Frisia
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Der Weisskunig (first edition of 1775)
Former Title: Battle in Friesland
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1514
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259333

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 22 × 19.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 24.5 × 20.9 cm (9 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: center: armorial, double-headed eagle with crown
  • collector's mark: recto, blue stamp: [within a circular border of stars] PROESTAT AMOR PATRIAE * [surrounding] D [centered] [Museum of Beaux Arts, Orleans, E. Desnoyers bequest (Lugt 2053b)]
  • inscription: printed, lower left corner: 92
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 3671

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/vi
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 215, Hollstein 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
M3671
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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