Riding Standard Bearer and Foot Soldier

1521

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

This is a drawing of a man on a horse and a second man standing beside it. The scene features an elaborately dressed man mounted on a horse, holding a staff or lance, while another man, partially obscured and closer to the viewer, appears to be interacting with the horse. The composition shows intricate patterns on the clothing of both figures, especially on the mounted man's attire. The horse has a focused expression, and the background includes indications of a landscape with trees and elements of nature. The drawing conveys movement and interaction between the figures, capturing a moment suggestive of a conversation or transaction.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6 × 4.2 cm (2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 6.2 × 4.4 cm (2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.873

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 114


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(von Passavant sale, Leipzig, May 1929, no. 99); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 114.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Barthel Beham, compiled by Anne Röver-Kann). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2021: no. 60.

Wikidata ID

Q64954096

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