The Old White King Sending His Messengers to Portugal

1514/1516

Leonhard Beck

Associated Names
Leonhard Beck

Artist, German, c. 1480 - 1542

The image shows a group of people in a woodcut illustration. A person wearing a crown and ornate robes is in the center, extending a hand towards another person. This individual is dressed in richly decorated attire with a high collar and puffed sleeves, and has a sword or dagger at the side. To the left, another person in a long robe stands beside a table holding a covered goblet and a pitcher. Onlookers, possibly courtiers, are on both sides. The background includes pillars supporting a structure, a tapestry or curtain behind the figures, an open window showing a mountainous landscape with a village or citadel on a hill.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2129

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 134, reversed (undescribed copy?)


Artwork history & notes

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. 134, reversed (undescribed copy?).

Wikidata ID

Q64959838

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