G4337: The White King's Skill in Shooting from a Horse

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4337

People

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

Title

The White King's Skill in Shooting from a Horse

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Der Weisskunig (first edition of 1775)
Former Title: How the Young White King Learns to Shoot from Horseback

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1514

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/279641

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 22 × 19.3 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 22.3 × 19.7 cm (8 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: center: [illeg.]
• inscription: lower edge of sheet below right corner of block, vestigial remnant of number: 33
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 17 Wood Cuts by / Hans Burgmair, / See Jackson on Wood Engraving / 2625 / hnn/a. sx
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4337

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

v/vi

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 151, Hollstein 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G4337

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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