Hans Burgkmair I, Jost de Negker, and others
Fleet of Warships
1778
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Woodcut in brown ink, Sheet: 236 x 205 mm. (9 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Image: 221 x 194 mm. (8 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.8613
One of 237 book illustrations the "White King" (Weiss Kunig) book commissioned by Maximilian I. Many of the blocks were cut 1515-1516. The project remained unfinished at Maximilian's death, but proofs survive. In 1775 the illustrations were published by J. Kurzbock, and in 1799 by J. Edwards. There are five prints in the Garrett collection which are believed to be from the 1799 publication.
Weiss Kunig. Tableau des principaux evénemens de la vie et du regne de l'Empereur Maximilien I, en une suite de deux cent trente sept planches gravées en bois sur les dessins et sous la conduite de Hans Burgmaier. Imprimé à Vienne, chez I. Alberti, et se trouve à Londres, chez J. Edwards, 1799.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in block "H.B"; below image, lower left, printed "149". Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "7538"; lower left in graphite "20872"; lower right in graphite indecipherable
Markings: CM: Claghorn. WM: crowned double-headed eagle with "H" in center
