The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

The Storming of Nantes

1512–15

Hans Burgkmair

(German, 1473–1531)
Germany
woodcut
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.
  • Richards, Louise. "Woodcuts from 'Der Weisskunig.'" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 7 (September 1960): 166-172. Mentioned: p. 168; Reproduced: p. 169 www.jstor.org
  • 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=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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