2008.326.58: A Sack of Powder Is Ignited On Board Ship without Exploding the Barrels on Which It Lies

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.326.58

People

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, German (c. 1480 - 1539/40)
Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Melchior Pfinzing

Title

A Sack of Powder Is Ignited On Board Ship without Exploding the Barrels on Which It Lies

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/362392

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 15.6 × 13.8 cm (6 1/8 × 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: 58
• 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

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 365

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

2008.326.58

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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