The Young White King at the Butts

1514/1516

Leonhard Beck

Associated Names
Leonhard Beck

Artist, German, c. 1480 - 1542

The image shows four men outdoors. Three men are standing on the left, drawing bows and aiming arrows at a target on the right. They are dressed in period attire. The fourth man is on the right, standing and facing the archers. He has long hair and wears a fur-collared coat over a tunic, holding a large feather in his left hand. The background has trees and bushes with fluffy clouds in the sky. The target on the right has arrows in it. The foreground has grassy terrain, vegetation, stones, and a wooden fence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 21.7 x 19.3 cm (8 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 152

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Leonhard Beck, Guido Messling, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 152.

Wikidata ID

Q65023003

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