Bannerträger (Standard Bearer)

1915

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image shows a person in a suit of armor standing upright. The armor has intricate details and the person has a mustache and short hair. They are looking to the side and holding a sword with both hands. The background is dark with draped fabric visible on the right side.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 28.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 201.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Lovis Corinth.; lower left in red pencil: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 201

Markings

embossed: [man wrestling dragon]; stamped lower right: Lovis Corinth : Bannerträger

Wikidata ID

Q74897090

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