The Blue King's Council to Attack the White King by Surprise, from Der Weisskunig, Hans Burgkmair, 1514–16

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The Blue King's Council to Attack the White King by Surprise, from Der Weisskunig, 1514–16, Woodcut; proof (Hollstein), Sheet: 8 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (22 × 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, as well as Leonhard Beck, Hans Schäufelein, and Hans Springinklee, with proofs completed between 1514–16

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