Weißkunig woodcuts

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The Weißkunig woodcuts are a celebrated series of Renaissance prints illustrating the semi-autobiographical, propagandistic life story of Emperor Maximilian I, designed by Hans Burgkmair the Elder and other artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance print series
book illustration cycle
woodcut series
artForm book illustration
narrative cycle
artHistoricalSignificance important source for the image of Maximilian I
major monument of early 16th-century imperial propaganda
basedOn Weißkunig text
commissionContext Maximilian I’s print propaganda projects
commissionedBy Emperor Maximilian I
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire
currentLocation various museum and library collections
dateOfCreation early 16th century
depicts life of Emperor Maximilian I
designedBy Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Hans Schäufelein
Hans Springinklee
Leonhard Beck
other Augsburg artists
designedIn Augsburg
genre courtly propaganda
historical illustration
propaganda art
hasAuthorialPerspective semi-autobiographical
iconography Christian piety
chivalric virtues
idealized image of the Habsburg ruler
imperial authority
mainSubject Emperor Maximilian I
material ink on paper
movement Northern Renaissance
narrativeFunction dynastic glorification
political legitimation
notableHolding Albertina, Vienna
Austrian National Library
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
partOf Weißkunig
linked to: Weisskunig
portrays battles of Maximilian I
court ceremonies
diplomatic missions
education and upbringing of Maximilian I
marriage politics of Maximilian I
tournaments and chivalric scenes
portraysAsAllegoricalFigure Weißkunig (the White King)
linked to: Weisskunig
primaryLanguageContext German
printingTechnique relief printing
relatedWork Theuerdank
Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I
Triumphal Procession of Maximilian I
workPeriod c. 1510s

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Hans Burgkmair the Elder notableWork Weißkunig woodcuts
Leonhard Beck notableWork Weisskunig woodcuts
linked to: Weißkunig woodcuts
Leonhard Beck notableWork Genealogy of Maximilian I (woodcuts)
linked to: Weißkunig woodcuts
Schwarzer König depictedIn Emperor Maximilian I’s allegorical work Weisskunig
subject linked to: Schwarzer König (Black King)
linked to: Weißkunig woodcuts