Knight on Horseback and the Lansquenet, c. 1496-1497, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in. (38.74 × 28.1 cm) (sheet), Woodcut, Germany, 15th century, Albrecht Dürer was the leading artist of the German renaissance. Already in the 1490s, while he was in his twenties, he single-handedly elevated the craft of woodcut to a fine art. This vigorous, charming woodcut image of a knight on horseback and a foot soldier belongs to this phase of his career. The unbelievably intricate network of lines presents form, light, and space with a lithe sense of movement equal to the highest achievements of the draftsman’s art.
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