Object types
print (scope note | all objects)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
woodcut (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Print made by Hans Burgkmair the Elder (biographical details | all objects)
Date
1504
Schools /Styles
German (scope note | all objects)
Description
Portrait of an unidentified herald; whole-length figure turned to left, with an unidentified coat of arms (standing crowned lion to left); above the figure a banderole with the letter 'H' added in black ink. c.1504
Woodcut
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Dated 1504 in the block. Inscribed 'H' in the banderole with black ink.
Dimensions
Height: 160 millimetres
Width: 110 millimetres
Curator's comments
The date may be of historical significance, rather than indicate production.
See T. Falk, 'Hans Burgkmair. Das graphische Werk', exh. cat., Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Augsburg, Augsburg 1973, no.13.
The knight has been identified as the Bavarian, Georg Rüxner, see Arnold Kurras and Klaus Graf, "Herold mit vielen Namen" in the Landshut catalogue "Ritterwelten", 2009. (http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5059380/ )
Subject
heraldry (all objects)
Acquisition date
1834
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