The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 13, 2026

A horizontally oriented woodcut in black ink depicts eight shirtless, muscular men with medium-dark skin tones in a sparse landscape. On our left, two figures hold large circular shields with patterned borders. At center, men brandish bundles of arrows and long spears. To our right, three figures face away, one wearing a turban and clutching a tall pike. A decorative crest in the upper left displays the date 1508 and initials HB.

The King of Cochin

1508

Hans Burgkmair

(German, 1473–1531)
Germany
woodcut
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1923.405
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein V.132.734
Location: Not on view
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