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Series Title: Der Weisskunig

The Storming of Nantes

1512–15

Hans Burgkmair

(German, 1473–1531)
Culture
Germany
Medium
woodcut
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 23.2 x 19.7 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.); Image: 21.7 x 19.7 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1960.33
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein V.117.519
Public Domain
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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.
A vertically oriented woodcut depicts a military siege using black ink lines and hatching. In the foreground, pointed tents frame soldiers holding long pikes, their backs to us. To the left sits a wooden catapult, while cannons occupy the middle ground. The center features a dense mass of troops storming the stone walls and turrets of a fortified city. Rolling hills and a cloudy sky fill the background.

The Storming of Nantes

1512–15

Hans Burgkmair

(German, 1473–1531)
Germany

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