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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M5100
People
Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Marx Treitzsauerwein
Author: Maximilian I
Title
The Message Presented to the King of Portugal
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Der Weisskunig (first edition of 1775)
Former Title: The OId White King's Ambassador Asking for the Hand of Leonora
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1514
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259339

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 21.9 × 19.2 cm (8 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
sheet: 22.5 × 19.4 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on secondary support,upper left corner, purple ink: Serie M 35
  • inscription: on secondary support, bottom, various inscription in graphite: gravure en bois[?] tres rare / Werbung um die junge Koenigin Leonora Beck
  • inscription: printed, below block, lower left corner: 227.
  • inscription: verso, secondary support, graphite: Gift of Dr. Ross, Sept. 5, 1919
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp stamped twice, with graphite numbering below the heavier impression: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 5100

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/vi
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 135, Hollstein 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
M5100
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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