Encounter of Two Generals Before Cleves, from Der Weisskunig, Hans Burgkmair, printed 18th century


Encounter of Two Generals Before Cleves, from Der Weisskunig, printed 18th century, Woodcut, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 11/16 in. ( × cm), Prints, Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg), Der Weisskunig (the white king) is a loosely biographical account of the life of Emperor Maximilian I. The text, composed by Maximilian's secretary Marx Treitz-Sauerwein, is accompanied by illustrations by Burgkmair, Leonhard Beck, Hans Schäufelein, and Hans Springinklee, with the proofs completed between 1514 and 1516


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