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Assembly of Four Kings, in the foreground Four Men

1514/1516

Leonhard Beck

Associated Names

Leonhard Beck

Artist, German, c. 1480 - 1542

This is a drawing of a group of royals seated on thrones with attendants standing before them. The image features four figures seated on elevated thrones, each wearing elaborate robes and holding staffs. They are adorned with crowns and draped in patterned fabrics. The seated figures are surrounded by a canopy overhead with floral and abstract patterns. In front of the royals stand several figures, each clad in period-appropriate garments with wide-brimmed hats, doublets, and puffed sleeves. The floor is patterned with a tiled design. The scene is set in an opulently decorated hall, indicated by architectural details visible at the top of the frame.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 21.9 x 19.3 cm (8 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.2134
Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 220
Series Title

Treitzsaurwein's "Weisskunig"

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2012

Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 76.

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. 220.

Wikidata ID

Q64959842

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