Leonhard Beck

Saint George by Leonhard Beck

Leonhard Beck (c. 1480 – 1542) was a painter and draughtsman in Augsburg, Germany. He was the son of Georg Beck. He worked with his father on two Psalters for the Augsburg monastery in 1495.[1]

Beck is also known for a compilation of 119 woodcuts entitled Images de Saints et Saintes issus de la famille de l'empereur Maximilien I. The work was commissioned by the Emperor Maximilian I, intended to show saintly members of his family. Some of the images show saints connected to the Abbey of Maubeuge, which might have been the intended recipient of the prints. They were originally bound into a single book, but later were separated and sold as individual images.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Leonhard Beck". Art Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ "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.