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[Der Theuerdank]. Die geverlicheiten und eines teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren vnd hochberumbten helds vnd Ritters Tewrdannckhs

1519
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  • Title: [Der Theuerdank]. Die geverlicheiten und eines teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren vnd hochberumbten helds vnd Ritters Tewrdannckhs
  • Author: Written by Melchior Pfintzing (German)
  • Printer: Printed by Hans Schönsperger the Elder (German, active Augsburg 1481–1520)
  • Woodcutter: Jost de Negker (Netherlandish, 1480–1546)
  • Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)
  • Artist: Jörg Breu the Elder (German, Augsburg 1480–1537 Augsburg)
  • Artist: Leonhard Beck (German, 1480–1542)
  • Artist: Attributed to Hans Weiditz the Younger (German, Freiburg im Breisgau before 1500–ca. 1536 Strasbourg)
  • Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480–ca. 1540 Nördlingen)
  • Artist: Erhard Schön (German, Nuremberg 1491–1542 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: Wolf Traut (German, 1486–1520)
  • Artist: Master NH (German, active ca. 1495–ca. 1527)
  • Published in: Augsburg
  • Date: 1519
  • Medium: Woodcuts
  • Dimensions: 14 5/16 x 9 9/16 x 2 3/16 in. (36.3 x 24.3 x 5.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mortimer L. Schiff, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.57.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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