The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 1 of 8]

1523 (Latin ed.)

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This image features a detailed allegorical scene. The drawing includes mythological figures, elaborate fabrics, classical attire, banners with words like "Iusticia," "Clementia," and "Veritas," a regal eagle on an emblem with heraldic symbols and Latin inscriptions like "MAGNIFICENTIA," decorative swirls, florals, and fantastical creatures such as a lion. The composition aims to create a harmonious balance between these elements, possibly representing virtues or qualities related to justice and truth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Harold P. Morris

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within block): 44.5 × 30.3 cm (17 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.28.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 252

  • Series Title

    (set of 8: 1980.28.1-8)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Peter Gellatly [1831-1912], Essex and London (Lugt 1185). H.A. Kuester, Hamburg (Lugt 1287a). Dr. and Mrs. Harold P. Morris, Silver Spring, MD; gift to the NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 257.

Inscriptions

recto, upper right corner, in brown ink: 1; verso, top center, in graphite by a later hand: I; center, in graphite by a later hand: 1; lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 8 / 1

Wikidata ID

Q65564469

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