M5100: The Message Presented to the King of Portugal

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M5100

People

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

Title

The Message Presented to the King of Portugal

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Der Weisskunig (first edition of 1775)
Former Title: The OId White King's Ambassador Asking for the Hand of Leonora

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1514

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/259339

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 21.9 × 19.2 cm (8 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
sheet: 22.5 × 19.4 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on secondary support,upper left corner, purple ink: Serie M 35
• inscription: on secondary support, bottom, various inscription in graphite: gravure en bois[?] tres rare / Werbung um die junge Koenigin Leonora Beck
• inscription: printed, below block, lower left corner: 227.
• inscription: verso, secondary support, graphite: Gift of Dr. Ross, Sept. 5, 1919
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp stamped twice, with graphite numbering below the heavier impression: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 5100

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

v/vi

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 135, Hollstein 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross

Accession Year

1931

Object Number

M5100

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Verification Level