Theuerdank Escapes Being Burnt as He Sleeps, from Der Theuerdank
Leonhard Beck, German, 1480 - 1542
about 1517 - 1519
Woodcut on paper
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (15.9 × 13.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund, the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund, and the Stephen and Constance Spahn "63 Acquisition Fund
2016.24.5
Printer
Johann Schönsperger, Augsburg
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Reverse, inscribed, in colored pencil, lower center: 6[9]628; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower center: Theuerdank 73; Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in blue ink, lower center: K. KUPPERSTICH SAMMLUNG [above Royal Coat of Arms of Bavaria] [Lugt.1613]; Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in black ink, lower center: [unidentified] [stamp illegible due to stamp over it]; Watermark, center: [Crown] [indistinct] [unidentified]
Course History
GERM 10.06, A Visual History of Germany, Heidi Denzel, Winter 2022
Provenance
Graphische Sammlung, Munich [Lugt 1613]; Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, Dallas, Texas; sold to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
New Hollstein (German) 323 (Leonhard Beck); Hollstein 7; Dodgson 1903, 1911 II.124.3.41a (Illustration no.73); Bartsch VII.272.132 (As Schäufelein)
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