Cleveland Museum of Art

The Storming of Nantes

Hans Burgkmair

Date

1512–15

Medium

woodcut

Culture

Germany

Department

Prints

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

In this woodcut armored cavalry with lances approach from the left. The town itself is ringed by artillery, as attacking infantry rush through the breached fortifications. Note the use of halberds and pikes, close combat weapons in which the main fighting part is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, which extends the user's range and striking power.

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