The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car)

1523 (Latin ed.)

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of an ornate procession featuring a grand chariot pulled by several horses. The drawing depicts a highly detailed and intricately designed procession scene with a luxurious chariot as its centerpiece. The chariot is richly adorned with intricate patterns, sculptures, and emblems. Each component of the procession is intricately labeled with Latin inscriptions. The procession is pulled by bands of horses, each pair adorned with decorative armor. There are mythological creatures and decorative elements surrounding the chariot wheel and on the chariot itself. Various attributes, symbols, and decorative motifs fill this drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut//Eight joined plates

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.02 × 233.76 cm (20 7/8 × 92 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3692

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 252

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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. 85.

2017

  • Albrecht Dürer: The Age of Reformation and Renaissance, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2017.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q2454480

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