Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian
1508
Hans Burgkmair
Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531)
Prints
Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian, 1508. Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531). Woodcut, in black and white on paper washed blue; sheet: 32.3 x 22.7 cm (12 11/16 x 8 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.72 Known as "the last knight," Maximilian was an enthusiast of tournaments and hunting; here he wears the type of fluted armor that later would be named for him.
- Maker/Artist
- Burgkmair, Hans, the elder
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- woodcut, in black and white on paper washed blue
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 32.3 x 22.7 cm (12 11/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: upper center, in block: . IMP·CAES·MAXIMIL·AUG· ; lower right, in block: 1508 ; lower right, in block: ·H·BURGKMAIR
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1950.72
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Prints 1400-1800, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition, Color in Prints, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection, Juxtapositions, Old Master Prints and Drawings, Hans Burgkmair Woodcuts, Paper in Prints, Printing in Color, Albrecht Dürer and His Influence, Chiaroscuro Woodcuts: Hendrick Goltzius and His Time, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection, Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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