Knight in Armour with Bread and Wine

c. 1512/1515

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows a figure standing in profile wearing full armor, including a helmet with a closed visor. Atop the helmet is a plumed crest. The armor is detailed and covers the torso, arms, and legs. The person stands with one arm raised, holding a long cloth that extends to a vase-like object atop a pedestal, and the other arm outstretched, either resting on or holding another draped cloth. The background features a tree trunk with hanging drapery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 8.9 × 5 cm (3 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.421

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 62, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 117, d.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 62, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952557

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