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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1811
People
Leonhard Beck, German (1480 - 1542)
Author: Melchior Pfinzing
Title
Theuerdank's Horse Hit through the Neck
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/246653

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 16 × 14 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, printed type: Als der Held ... Tewren Held
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Rand. Coll [underlined]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1811

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 329, 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
R1811
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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