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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.326.39
People
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, German (c. 1480 - 1539/40)
Author: Melchior Pfinzing
Title
Theuerdank Endangered by the Firing of a Cannon
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Theuerdank (Die geverlicheiten und eins Teil der Geschichten des ... Helds und Ritters Herr Tewrdannckhs), first edition of 1519
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1517
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/362373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 15.7 × 13.8 cm (6 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
sheet: 35.8 × 24.9 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription:
  • inscription: number printed below block at right corner: 39
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: GRAY COLLECTION, / Harvard College [within an oval borderline; Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 357

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Permanent transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Gray Fund
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.326.39
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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