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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1901,0611.5
Title: Series: Landsknechte
Description: A Landsknecht holding a sword behind his neck; whole-length figure, looking to left. 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: 266 millimetres; Width: 161 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 (15) (Jorg Breu); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II.188.5)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: soldier
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Colnaghi
Acquisition date: 1901
Acquisition notes: 1901,0611.3 to 7 come from the Stuttgart auction, May 1901
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1901,0611.5

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