M6572: Theuerdank Attacked by the Defenders of a Town

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M6572

People

Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Melchior Pfinzing

Title

Theuerdank Attacked by the Defenders of a Town

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

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/259330

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut and type printed on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 16 × 13.9 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
sheet: 34.4 × 19.9 cm (13 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: type printed below woodblock: Korttzlich kam ... Irleben
• inscription: type number printed below woodblock, toward right: 91
• inscription: lower left corner, graphite: K . U Beck
• inscription: verso, printed type: In glubd .. trewer rat
• inscription: verso, graphite: Gft of Ethel Hahn Sperling
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with grpahite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 6572

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 339, Hollstein 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ethel Hahn Sperling

Accession Year

1934

Object Number

M6572

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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