School of Albrecht Dürer. The Expulsion of the Hungarians from Lower Austria, from The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I. 1515–1517. Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper These two prints ( and ) come from a triumphal series honoring Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I overseen by Albrecht Dürer; the massive project was produced from some 195 woodblocks. These two scenes of the emperor’s early military successes depict pikemen in action against mounted horsemen, with standard bearers carrying the Burgundian flag moving in with troops from the right. Maximilian died in 1519, ju
School of Albrecht Dürer. The Expulsion of the Hungarians from Lower Austria, from The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I. 1515–1517. Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper These two prints ( and ) come from a triumphal series honoring Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I overseen by Albrecht Dürer; the massive project was produced from some 195 woodblocks. These two scenes of the emperor’s early military successes depict pikemen in action against mounted horsemen, with standard bearers carrying the Burgundian flag moving in with troops from the right. Maximilian died in 1519, just after this, his largest and most complicated work of propaganda on paper, was completed.
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