Art Institute of Chicago
Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian I
Hans Burgkmair the ElderLinkedCulture matchlcp-7123c6c49447
- Date
- 1508
- Medium
- Woodcut from two blocks in black and gold on vellum
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 12791
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This unique woodcut is printed in black and powdered gold inks on vellum. It may be the most opulent result of the Emperor Maximilian’s competition with Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony and his court artist, Lucas Cranach. That contest produced an early form of chiaroscuro printing, a technique using black line blocks and colored tone or blocks for lighting effects. Indeed, as the only known impression of the Equestrian Portrait printed in black and gold on vellum, the Chicago print may well be the dedication impression sent to Frederick.
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- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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