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Das Consili zu Gmunden mit den vil seltzamen Potschafften: 23.K.1-154*

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Das Consili zu Gmunden mit den vil seltzamen Potschafften
Translated as: The Council at Gmunden with important foreign visitors
Illustration to 'Der Weisskunig'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

Entities

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Notes

History note: John Stuart, third Earl of Bute (1713-92), sold by Hutchins, 41 King Street, Covent Garden, 31 March to April 16 1794, perhaps in lot 86, 'A handsome Russia leather volume, containing upwards of one hundred and fifty old wood cuts', for £7-10-0.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
1514 CE - 1515 CE

Note

Proof. Printed on a waste copy of a proclamation of Maximilian I.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Image Height 217 mm Width 195 mm
Sheet Height 297 mm Width 218 mm

Techniques used in production

Letterpress
Hand colouring
Letterpress
Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Das Concili zu Gmunden mit den vil seltzamen / Potschafften
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: H.B.
  • Location: Image centre, on fringe of carpet covering the dais
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Inscription present: text laid out in double columns of six lines

  • Text: Die weil der aller Durchleüchtigist: ... Wolfgang von Maen als unnwirdiger bemelter seiner
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Text
  • Text: Wir Maximilian von gots gnaden erwelter Roemischer Kayser ... Hungerischen im funff und zwainzigisten jarn.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Text

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.1-154*
Primary reference Number: 81692
Hollstein (German): 512
Dodgson (BM German & Flemish): 85
Bartsch: 80 - 174
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 September 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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