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
title in original language:
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
find spot:
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
Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Richards, Louise. "Woodcuts from 'Der Weisskunig.'" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.30/1960.30_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.30/1960.30_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.30/1960.30_full.tif