Five Soldiers and a Turk on Horseback

Cleveland Museum of Art

Five Soldiers and a Turk on Horseback

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
engraving
Credit Line
Gift of Harry D. Kendrick
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
probably 1496

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From LinkedCulture

Five soldiers crowd the foreground armed with halberds, spears, and swords, while a turbaned horseman rears up behind them on an unsettled horse. Albrecht Dürer made this engraving in Germany around 1496, signing it with his distinctive monogram at the bottom center. At a moment when the Ottoman Empire pressed hard against Christian Europe, Dürer used the precision of engraving to document the visual otherness of the armed Turk, making this print one of the earliest attempts in European printmaking to capture that confrontation in such careful detail.

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A group of men in medieval attire, including a mounted rider, stand in a forested area holding weapons.

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Object ID
127857
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
engraving
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of Harry D. Kendrick
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Date
probably 1496
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1496
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1496
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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Five Soldiers and a Turk on Horseback

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