The Battle of Padua

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

The image shows a medieval cityscape. It includes a military encampment, city fortifications, and a series of fortified buildings and towers. The composition features tents, soldiers, trees, a winding path, city gates, and the large fortified city in the background. The lines in the drawing create detailed textures throughout. The color palette is primarily black lines on beige paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.4 x 19.3 cm (8 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 38.8 x 30.5 cm (15 1/4 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.13.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 72.

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

Wikidata ID

Q65226929

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