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Object Type
print
Museum number
1845,0809.1712
Title
Series:
Landsknechte
Description
A Landsknecht wearing a hat with long feathers; whole-length figure, looking to left, holding a pole in his left hand; from a series of fifty woodcuts. c.1525-30 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Jörg Breu I
Formerly attributed to:
Christoph Amberger
Block cut by:
Jost de Negker
Published by:
David de Negker
School/style
German
Production date
1525-1530
(Circa)
1580-1585
(Published circa)
Production place
Published in:
Vienna (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
276 millimetres
Width:
131 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(6-19)
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(17)
(Jorg Breu)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(II.188.8)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
soldier
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Acquisition date
1845
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1845,0809.1712