Collection Online as of December 6, 2023
c. 1512
(German, 1480/85–after 1526)
Chiaroscuro woodcut (in blue and black)
Support: Laid paper
Sheet: 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.241
Catalogue raisonné: Geisberg 1497
Description By 1509 color prints were successfully produced by printing the line block in black but using a second block to print the background color. Unprinted areas of white paper formed the highlights. Wechtlin’s The Knight and Lansquenet is a beautiful example of this technique.
Inscriptions
Inscription lower left, in block: [monogram]
Provenance Prince of Liechtenstein, Feldsberg, stamped (not in Lugt), verso, lower left, in blue
Exhibition history
35th Anniversary Exhibition . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 19-March 28, 1971).
Printing in Color . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
Images of War . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).
Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
Arms and Armor from Imperial Austria . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-June 1, 2008).
Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
