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Theuerdank Walking on Swords, from [Theuerdank] Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs

1517
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  • Title: Theuerdank Walking on Swords, from [Theuerdank] Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs
  • Series/Portfolio: Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs
  • Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)
  • Printer: Printed in Nuremberg by Hans Schönsperger the Elder (German, active Augsburg 1481–1520)
  • Engraver: Jost de Negker (Netherlandish, active Antwerp 1485–1548 Augsburg)
  • Author: Written by Melchior Pfintzing (German)
  • Artist: Type design by Vincenz Rockner (German)
  • Date: 1517
  • Medium: Woodcut on vellum
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (37.5 × 25.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.70.20
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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