Art Institute of Chicago
Lady on Horseback and Landsknecht
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-6cf5b58b91f0
- Date
- c. 1497
- Medium
- Engraving in black on tan laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 28253
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This tender image celebrates the unlikely love between a noblewoman and a mercenary. The lady is mounted and wears her lover’s feathered hat, indicating she has the upper hand in the relationship. The soldier’s sword hilt serves as an suggestion of baser desires, but his grip on her elbow is more than matched by her hold on his shoulder. Urs Graf’s nearby woodcut features a Landsknecht with a more typical paramour, a prostitute.
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- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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