Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet

c. 1497

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Two individuals are depicted in the image. One person is standing beside a horse, while another is seated side-saddle on the horse. The man stands below the woman, who is seated above him on the horse. The man has sharp facial features and short hair, looking up at the woman. The woman has a gentle facial expression, delicate features, and her hair is tucked under a headdress with a long feather. Both individuals are dressed in historical attire. The man appears to be wearing armor or a fitted outfit with puffed sleeves, while the woman wears a long gown with puffed sleeves and a voluminous skirt. The man is holding a pole weapon with a blade, and the horse is equipped with a detailed bridle. The background shows a landscape with a body of water, a distant shore with mountains, and a castle on a hill among trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 10.7 × 7.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3463

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 84

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard von Passavant-Gontard [1852-1923], Frankfurt; (his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 May 1929, no. 378); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 25.

1953

  • Nuremberg and the German World, 1460-1530: Prints and books from the Kress and Rosenwald Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953.

1954

  • Early German Prints, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, 1954.

1955

  • J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, 1955.

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. 1: no. 16

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: 378 [encircled]; verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: B.82 / D.16; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.82; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: WL. [underlined]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 24 [?] [upside down]

Markings

WL in graphite on lower left of verso

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q64952609

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