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Die geuerlicheiten und eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren und hochberumbten helds und Ritters Tewrdannckhs (The atrocious deeds and part of the history of the praiseworthy, valiant and very famous hero and knight Theuerdank)
Theuerdank
Die geuerlicheiten und eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren und hochberumbten helds und Ritters Tewrdannckhs (The atrocious deeds and part of the history of the praiseworthy, valiant and very famous hero and knight Theuerdank)
Author: Emperor Maximilian I (German, 1459–1519)
Author: Melchior Pfintzing (German, 1481–1535)
Illustrated by: Leonhard Beck (German, about 1480–1542)
Illustrated by: Hans Burgkmair, the Elder (German, 1473–1531)
Illustrated by: Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (German, about 1484–1539 or 1540)
Illustrated by: Erhard Schön (German, after 1491–1542)
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Illustrated by: Master NH (German, active 1516–1526)
Printer: Johann Schönsperger (German, died in 1520?)
Author: Melchior Pfintzing (German, 1481–1535)
Illustrated by: Leonhard Beck (German, about 1480–1542)
Illustrated by: Hans Burgkmair, the Elder (German, 1473–1531)
Illustrated by: Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (German, about 1484–1539 or 1540)
Illustrated by: Erhard Schön (German, after 1491–1542)
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Illustrated by: Master NH (German, active 1516–1526)
Printer: Johann Schönsperger (German, died in 1520?)
1519
Place of Publication: Augsburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 118 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 35.3 x 23.2 x 5.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19577
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 1519
Catalogue Raisonné
Murray, German, 330; Dodgson, German and Flemish: II, pp. 7-8, 58-9, 109, 123-25, 147, 198; I, pp. 419, 504
Description(Ausburg: Johann Schönsperger, 1519) Folio; 290 leaves [12 leaves with woodcuts removed and placed with prints]; gilt-stamped brown calf, dark green leather label.
Second edition with same text setting and woodcuts; the first was printed in Nuremberg in 1517, also by Schönsperger. Of the 118 woodcuts, 77 are by Beck, 20 by Schäufelein, 13 by Burgkmair, 3 by Schön, 2 by Traut, 1 each by Breu and Master NH. Dodgson doubts traditional attribution of another to Weiditz. The Theuerdank is an allegorical account of the courtship of the Emperor Maximilian of his wife, Mary of Burgundy, who had died in 1482. Its authorship is traditionally given to Maximilian himself, with editing by Pfintzing and others.
Note: twelve leaves from the MFA's copy were removed from the volume and placed with prints in the early years of the 20th century. [Germany 16th cen. 14: Beck (6), Burgkmair (2), and Schäufelein (4).]
Second edition with same text setting and woodcuts; the first was printed in Nuremberg in 1517, also by Schönsperger. Of the 118 woodcuts, 77 are by Beck, 20 by Schäufelein, 13 by Burgkmair, 3 by Schön, 2 by Traut, 1 each by Breu and Master NH. Dodgson doubts traditional attribution of another to Weiditz. The Theuerdank is an allegorical account of the courtship of the Emperor Maximilian of his wife, Mary of Burgundy, who had died in 1482. Its authorship is traditionally given to Maximilian himself, with editing by Pfintzing and others.
Note: twelve leaves from the MFA's copy were removed from the volume and placed with prints in the early years of the 20th century. [Germany 16th cen. 14: Beck (6), Burgkmair (2), and Schäufelein (4).]
ProvenanceScholtz sale, Stuttgart, May 1911, from which, "through Mr. Bullard," purchased by MFA, 1911.