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print
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broadside
Object Type
print
broadside
Museum number
1927,0518.13
Description
Broadside on the death of Emperor Maximilian I; with a woodcut of the coffin laid out in a vaulted chamber at upper centre with Maximilian's family seated at left and right; c.150 lines of Latin letterpress in three columns to left, right and below the woodcut, consisting elogies and other text by Richard Sbrulius. ([Augsburg, Grimm and Wirsung]:c.1519)
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Springinklee
Printed by:
Sigmund Grimm
Printed by:
Marx Wirsung
School/style
German
Production date
1519
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
157 millimetres
(Borderline)
Height:
588 millimetres
(Sheet size)
Width:
138 millimetres
Width:
453 millimetres
Curator's comments
One of three recorded impressions (the otehrs being in Paris and Munich). The gathering in the woodcut is not a representation of an actual event, but rather imaginary.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(272)
(Springinklee)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.409)
Passavant 1860 / Raphael d'Urbin et son pere Giovanni Santi
(III.242.67)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
funeral/funerary rite
Associated names
Associated with:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Representation of:
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Representation of:
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Representation of:
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
Representation of:
Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France
Representation of:
Isabella of Castile, Queen of Denmark
Representation of:
Catherine of Austria, Queen of John III of Portugal
Representation of:
Mary, Queen of Hungary and Governor of the Netherlands
Illustration to:
Scrulius, Richardus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Jacques Rosenthal
Acquisition date
1927
Acquisition notes
J.Rosenthal, Katalog 87, no.270
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1927,0518.13