id:			136439
accession number:	1960.30
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.30
updated:		2025-06-12 11:11:47.357000

Der Weisskunig (The White King): How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle, 1512–16. Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531). Woodcut; sheet: 22.1 x 19.7 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1960.30

title:				How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle
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series:				Der Weisskunig (The White King)
series in original language:	
creation date:			1512–16
creation date earliest:		1512
creation date latest:		1516
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein V.116.454

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CREATORS

* Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.1 x 19.7 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower center, in block: H·B ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: Liechtenstein [fr.?] 104 / No. 52 ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: 07
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Richards, Louise. "Woodcuts from 'Der Weisskunig.'" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>47, no. 7 (September 1960): 166-172.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 168
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142405

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Woodcuts from Der Weisskunig,” September 15, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0604

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