Leonhard Beck

[2] He later worked as an assistant to Hans Holbein the Elder, contributing to an altarpiece in 1500-1501 that is now housed in the Städel in Frankfurt am Main.

[3] His most notable work emerged during his collaboration with Emperor Maximilian I's artistic team, which produced various self-promotional projects in woodcut.

Beck served as the primary designer for the extensively illustrated poem, Theuerdank (1517), creating 77 of the 118 woodcuts.

[4] He made extensive revisions for the second edition in 1519, as demanded by Maximilian, although his style often clashed jarringly with that of the more skilled artists whose work he was modifying.

He also painted and drew numerous portraits, mainly for book illustrations, and created woodcut designs.