Five Tilters on Foot

1516/1518 (published 1522, printed 1777 or 1796)

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

This is a drawing of several figures wearing armor and holding lances. The image depicts a group standing in a line, dressed in ornate armor with plumed helmets, each holding a long lance upright. The armor is intricately detailed, showing various textures and patterns. The figures stand on a lightly detailed ground with a sparse landscape. The paper shows signs of aging, with browned edges and slight creases.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Museum of Mathematics Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.3 × 53.7 cm (16 1/4 × 21 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.5.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 598

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kay Tobler Liss, Jefferson, ME; purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868: no. 598.

Inscriptions

upper right: 42; by later hand in graphite below image: Five tilters on foot

Wikidata ID

Q77258908

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