Battle of the Foot Soldiers with Lances

1514/1516

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

This is a drawing of a medieval battle scene. The drawing shows two groups of armored soldiers fighting in front of a medieval castle with pointed towers and battlements. The soldiers are using long pikes and lances in combat. Fallen soldiers and skewed weapons are scattered in the foreground. In the background, there are rolling hills and structures. The drawing is detailed, showing armor, weaponry, and architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.2 x 19.7 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1968.18.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 467

  • Series Title

    Trietzsaurwein's "Weisskonig"

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich Quiring [b. 1886], Eberswalde (Lugt 1041c).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2013-2014, no. 73 (not shown at NGA venue).

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Markings

Friedrich Quiring (L.1041c)

Wikidata ID

Q65508700

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