Leonhard Beck
Leonhard Beck (c. 1480 – 1542) was a painter and designer of
Frankfurt am Main. [3]
His most notable work came when he joined the stable of artists used by
Der Weisskunig and 7 for the Triumphal Procession. He painted and drew a number of portraits, mostly for book illustrations, and designed woodcuts. [6]
Beck is also known for a compilation of 123 woodcuts made by him entitled the Genealogy of the House of Habsburg (or in French Images de Saints et Saintes issus de la famille de l'empereur Maximilien I).Abbey of Maubeuge that received a copy of the set. [8]
References
- ^ Bartrum, 147
- ^ "Leonhard Beck". Art Encyclopedia.
- ^ Bartrum, 147
- ^ Bartrum, 147
- ^ Parshall, 208
- ^ Bartrum, 147
- ^ Bartrum, 147
- ^ "Images de Saints et Saintes Plate 72. Sainte Madelberte ou Machtelberthe, vierge, abbesse de Maubeuge". Vivarium: Online Digital Collections of Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict.
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- Bartrum, Giulia (1995). German Renaissance prints 1490-1550. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0714126043.
- Parshall, Peter; Landau, David (1996). The Renaissance print : 1470-1550. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300068832.