Theuerdank in Danger of Shipwreck

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R1807
People: Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Melchior Pfinzing
Title: Theuerdank in Danger of Shipwreck
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Theuerdank (Die Geverlicheiten und eins Teils der Geschiecten des ... Helds und Ritters Herr Tewrdannckhs, 1519 edition)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1517
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/247155

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 15.9 × 13.9 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, graphite: Rand. Coll [underlined]
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stampy (Lugt 2130)] 1807

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/ii
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 307, Hollstein 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R1807
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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