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Lot 6: Leonhard Beck - Theuerdank - Fight of Maximilian with the sixth knight

Est: €250 EUR - €350 EURPassed
Old Master PrintIZEGEM, BelgiumOctober 15, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Rare original from the early 16th century, not the common later reprint of the 18th century. Theuerdank's combat on foot with the sixth knight; Theuerdank engaged in a swordfight in the left foreground has just struck his opponent on the head. Ernhold standing next to a large rock on the left, Neidelhardt standing on the right. In the background a lake, on its far shore a large town. woodcut to Melchior Pfinzing, 'Theuerdank'.From one of the most important works of the German Renaissance printed in the year 1517 in Nuremberg: an epic poem by Emperor Maximilian I himself! Therein the Kaiser addresses his journey to meet his new bride, Mary of Burgundy, which is embedded in an environment which is typical for that time – full of adventure and chivalrous virtues. The most important artists of the time, including Hans Burgkmair, Hans Schäufelein, and Leonhard Beck, contributed to the magnificent illustrations in the form of 118 woodcuts. The Augsburg printer Hans Schönesperger, Maximilian’s imperial book printer, produced the work with a specially designed typeface. I

Dimensions

16,00 x 14,00 cm

Artist or Maker

Medium

Woodcut

Date

Ca. 1517-1519

Condition Report

Good impression on laid paper with full plate border and good margin. Margins a bit soiled.

Literature

New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (352) -----Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II.125.3.70a)-----Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (7)-----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.272.132)

Notes

Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost.

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Auction Details

Old Master Prints V

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October 15, 2020, 07:00 PM CET

St Crispijnstraat 23, IZEGEM, B-8870, BE

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