The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
The Storming of Nantes
1512–15
(German, 1473–1531)
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.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1960.33
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein V.117.519
Location: not on view
Description
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.- Albrecht Dürer and His Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986).Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
- {{cite web|title=The Storming of Nantes|url=false|author=Hans Burgkmair|year=1512–15|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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