Two Mercenaries and a Woman

1524

Urs Graf I

Associated Names
Urs Graf I

Artist, Swiss, c. 1485 - 1527/1529

This image shows two knights in ornate armor standing in front of a large, gnarled tree with a skeletal figure holding an hourglass perched among its branches. In the background, there are mountains, a fortified village or castle next to a river, and a raven nearby. The tree is leafless and twisted. The ground has grass and small plants, and the sky has swirling clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 16

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 38, repro.

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 120, repro.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 35, repro.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Wikidata ID

Q65087057

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