[from The Triumph of Maximilian I]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1512 - 1519
Maker: Hans Burgkmair
Printer: Hans Burgkmair
Dimensions:
Image: 383 x 375 mm (38.3 x 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 431 x 534 mm (43.1 x 53.4 cm)
Medium: Black printing ink on laid paper
Object number: P.47.2
DescriptionThis is from the unfinished group of 137 woodcut prints from 'The Triumph of Maximilian I', commissioned by the Holy Roman Emperor (whose court was in Augsburg) Maximilian I in 1512, to celebrate the collective triumphs of his reign. In actual fact, Maximilian has been criticised for ignoring his own subjects and was constantly at war, in order to expand his Empire. The interior suffered, financially and economically, but Maximilian's encouragement of the arts has been celebrated. Burgkmair was one of a number of artists working in Maximilian's court and had worked on other projects for the Emperor (before and during the epic 'Triumph'). His prints dominate the 'triumph'; he drew 66 of the 137 'pages' and probably cut a large number of the blocks as well. Other artists involved in the project included Durer (who only made two prints for this series but also helped create the 'Triumphal Arch'), Wolf Huber, Hans Springinklee, Leonard Beck and Hans Schauflein. The illustrations were made to specifications from the Emperor himself, as recorded by his secretary Treitszaurwein (see notes and documentation). This print is likely to be a reprint from 1796.
(Notes from Table Object Item): This is number (or page) 82 in the 'Triumph of Maximilian I' series. It depicts three mounted men holding heraldic banners. These aristocratic riders (probably from the Emperor's extended family and court) represent "Hainault - Burgundy (the region Franch-Comte) - Flanders" from the Emperor's Burgundian domains. This print (along with P.47.1) represents the Burgundian Territories; Maximilian had married Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold in 1477 and when she died in 1482, he became the master of those territories. The banners held by the riders are emblazoned first of all with their respective Coats of Arms, a large plume and ribbon decorated helmet and the figure of a woman (presumably the wife of the rider). Treitszaurwein's commentary on the Emperor's specifications : "The Burgundian Territories shall have banners, borne on horseback like the Austrian Banners, but no one shall wear armour. Instead they shall be clad most magnificently and wear costly chains."
(Notes from Table Object Item): This is number (or page) 82 in the 'Triumph of Maximilian I' series. It depicts three mounted men holding heraldic banners. These aristocratic riders (probably from the Emperor's extended family and court) represent "Hainault - Burgundy (the region Franch-Comte) - Flanders" from the Emperor's Burgundian domains. This print (along with P.47.1) represents the Burgundian Territories; Maximilian had married Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold in 1477 and when she died in 1482, he became the master of those territories. The banners held by the riders are emblazoned first of all with their respective Coats of Arms, a large plume and ribbon decorated helmet and the figure of a woman (presumably the wife of the rider). Treitszaurwein's commentary on the Emperor's specifications : "The Burgundian Territories shall have banners, borne on horseback like the Austrian Banners, but no one shall wear armour. Instead they shall be clad most magnificently and wear costly chains."
