Object number2012.34.4

Knight and Lansquenet

Datec. 1510

Artist Hans Wechtlin the Elder (German, c. 1480/85-after 1526)

CultureGerman

MediumChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks on cream laid paper

DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (27.3 x 18.4 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lynn G. Straus, class of 1946, in honor of Francesca Consagra, the inaugural Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings

Period16th c

Classification(s)

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch VII.452.10BibliographyGeisberg, Max. The German single-leaf woodcut, 1500-1550. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1974, G.1497, p.1459 Gnann, Achim. Chiaroscuro: Renaissance woodcuts from the collections of Georg Baselitz and the Albertina, Vienna. London: Royal Academy of Arts London, 2014, no. 15 McDonald, Mark P. Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance collector (1488-1539). London: British Museum, 2005, pp. 16, 19, 56, 79, cat. 52 Savage, Elizabeth. Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum. London: Paul Holberton Publishing and the British Museum, 2021, cat. 34, pp. 114 - 115

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