G4343: The Armies of the King of Feuereisen and of the Old White King Meeting at a River

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4343

People

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

Title

The Armies of the King of Feuereisen and of the Old White King Meeting at a River

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Der Weisskunig (first edition of 1775)
Former Title: The Siege of News

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c.1514

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/277068

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 22.1 × 19.2 cm (8 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
sheet: 22.3 × 19.6 cm (8 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: center: armorial, double-headed eagle with crown
• inscription: lower edge of sheet below right crner of block: 47 [vestigial remnant]
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 2625 / hnn/asx
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4343

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

IIv/IIvi

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 163, Hollstein 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G4343

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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