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Ehrenhold Delivering Ehrenreich's Message to Theuerdank, from [Theuerdank] Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs

Hans Burgkmair|Jost de Negker|Melchior Pfintzing|Vincenz Rockner|Hans Schönsperger the Elder

1517

Ehrenhold Delivering Ehrenreich's Message to Theuerdank, from [Theuerdank] Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs by Hans Burgkmair|Jost de Negker|Melchior Pfintzing|Vincenz Rockner|Hans Schönsperger the Elder

Medium

Woodcut on vellum

Dimensions

Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (37.5 × 25.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932

Accession Number

32.70.19

Tags

SwordsMenKnights

About the Artist

Hans Burgkmair|Jost de Negker|Melchior Pfintzing|Vincenz Rockner|Hans Schönsperger the Elder · 1473–1531

Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and printmaker who became one of the leading artists of the Renaissance in Augsburg. Born into a family of painters — his father, Thoman Burgkmair, was a respected artist — he likely received his initial training in his father's workshop. He may also have studied with Martin Schongauer in Colmar, and a probable visit to Italy around 1507 ex...

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