print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1854,0513.21
- Description
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The liberality of the young Weisskunig; Maximilian standing in middle distance, handing out present to representatives of different nations, landscape background. Early proof for an illustration to 'Der Weisskunig' with 19 lines of letterpress on verso containing the summoning for a council to meet in Landshut, October 1514.
Woodcut and letterpress
- Production date
- 1514-1516
- Dimensions
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Height: 217 millimetres
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Width: 195 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Corresponds to plate 25 of the 1775 edition.
On the Weisskunig project in general see Curatorial Comment for Y,8.164. On Burgkmair's contribution see Curatorial Comment for 1858,0417.974.
See also T. Falk, 'Hans Burgkmair. Das graphische Werk', exh. cat., Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Augsburg, Augsburg 1973, no.182.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Der Weisskunig
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,0513.21