GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The exact meaning of this early engraving remains a mystery. At various times, scholars have suggested that it represents a band of robbers or illustrates the legend of William Tell. It may have originally been part of a larger image of the Crucifixion that Dürer abandoned, after which he salvaged what he could of the work by creating this independent scene. It may, however, simply be a fictitious scene of soldiers in conversation.
Excerpt from
Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy (1961.111) for With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer, December 2003
NOTES
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
Abundant research in the object file that has not been added to TMS:
Catalogue raisonne- Bartsch 88, Dodgson 6, Meder 81, Koehler 12
Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Durer, Numbered Catalogue of Engravings, Drypoints, and Etchings (Loondon and Boston: The Medici Society, 1926), cat. 6. DMA- 769.943.D933d
Joseph Meder, Durer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch Uber Albrecht Durers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Deren Zustande, Ausgaben Und Wasserzeichen (Vienna, 1932), cat. 81
Alternate or former titles added to TMS:
Five Lansquenets and an Oriental on Horseback
Five Soldiers and a Mounted Turk
Incorrectly cataloged as Six Knights (Die Sechs Ritter) on some of the original object cards and worksheets.
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
place of origin- Nuremberg
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
men
soldiers
standing
horse
turban
hats
feathers
halberd
rural area
landscape
grasses
shrubbery
road
pike
beards
mustaches
feather
conversation
hats
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Henry Van den Bergh Collection, London [1]
Until 1961: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX
From 1961: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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WEB RESOURCES
Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
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FUN FACTS
If you look very closely at the saddlecloth visible beneath the horse rider, you can see a scotch plaid pattern created by Durer's gridded lines.
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General Description
The exact meaning of this early engraving remains a mystery. At various times, scholars have suggested that it represents a band of robbers or illustrates the legend of William Tell. It may have originally been part of a larger image of the Crucifixion that Dürer abandoned, after which he salvaged what he could of the work by creating this independent scene. It may, however, simply be a fictitious scene of soldiers in conversation.
Excerpt from
Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy (1961.111) for With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer, December 2003
Fun Facts
If you look very closely at the saddlecloth visible beneath the horse rider, you can see a scotch plaid pattern created by Durer's gridded lines.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
Abundant research in the object file that has not been added to TMS:
Catalogue raisonne- Bartsch 88, Dodgson 6, Meder 81, Koehler 12
Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Durer, Numbered Catalogue of Engravings, Drypoints, and Etchings (Loondon and Boston: The Medici Society, 1926), cat. 6. DMA- 769.943.D933d
Joseph Meder, Durer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch Uber Albrecht Durers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Deren Zustande, Ausgaben Und Wasserzeichen (Vienna, 1932), cat. 81
Alternate or former titles added to TMS:
Five Lansquenets and an Oriental on Horseback
Five Soldiers and a Mounted Turk
Incorrectly cataloged as Six Knights (Die Sechs Ritter) on some of the original object cards and worksheets.
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
place of origin- Nuremberg
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
men
soldiers
standing
horse
turban
hats
feathers
halberd
rural area
landscape
grasses
shrubbery
road
pike
beards
mustaches
feather
conversation
hats
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Henry Van den Bergh Collection, London [1]
Until 1961: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX
From 1961: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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