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Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

German, 1805 - 1865

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Martin Schongauer, The Angel of Saint Matthew, c. 1490, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.71

The Angel of Saint Matthew

Martin Schongauer · c. 1490 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1943.3.71

Martin Schongauer, Shield with Wings, Held by Peasant, c. 1480/1490, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.84

Shield with Wings, Held by Peasant

Martin Schongauer · c. 1480/1490 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1943.3.84

A man wearing a full suit of armor rides a horse on a narrow path alongside a ghoulish, skeletal creature wrapped in snakes and a goat-headed, horned creature, all set again sheer, rocky outcroppings that nearly fill this vertical engraving. The scene is created with fine, black lines built up in hatching and crosshatching to make deep shadows, and is printed on cream-white paper. The armored man rides toward our left in profile with a long lance resting on his right shoulder, farther from us, and the other hand holding the muscular horse’s reins. The lance extends off both sides of the paper and is wrapped with a fox’s tail near the top. The man’s face is wrinkled with deep-set eyes staring straight ahead. He has a prominent, bumped nose and wide mouth closed in a line, with the corner we can see pulled slightly up. The visor of his helmet is pushed up but his eyes are shielded from the creatures beyond the horse by the flaring sides of his helmet. Armor covers every inch of his body, including his hands and feet, and a long sword hangs at his left hip, closer to us. Spanning the width of the composition, his muscular horse walks with one front and one back leg raised and its chin pulled back, also looking straight ahead. A long-haired dog runs in the same direction between the horse’s feet over a lizard scrambling in the opposite direction. Seen between the armored man’s body and his horse’s head, the ghoulish creature at the side of the dirt path wears a spiky crown entwined with a snake and another serpent winds across his shoulders. The creature looks toward the armored man with round, piercing eyes, a hole where the nose should be, and a nearly toothless, gaping maw. He has a long, lanky beard and hair, and he holds up an hourglass topped with a clock-like dial. This creature also rides a horse, whose head hangs close to the ground. To our right, the goat-headed creature looks toward the armored rider with round eyes and its long snout slightly open to show fangs and teeth. Horns curl down to its shoulders and one long, sharp horn, dotted with spikes at the base, curves up and back over the creature’s face. It holds a double-pronged, spear-like halberd like a walking stick. Immediately beyond the group, rocky outcroppings push into the sky. The branches of barren trees and bushes are outlined against the blank, white sky and their craggy roots poke out of the rock. High on a hill in the deep distance is a castle complex or town. A plaque near a human skull resting on a tree stump in the lower left corner has the date of the print and the artist's monogram. "S. 1513" is followed by a "D" between the long legs of a capital "A."
Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death and Devil, 1513, engraving on laid paper, Gift of W.G. Russell Allen, 1941.1.20

Knight, Death and Devil

Albrecht Dürer · 1513 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1941.1.20

Israhel van Meckenem, Saint Ursula and Her Maidens, c. 1475/1480, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.150

Saint Ursula and Her Maidens

Israhel van Meckenem · c. 1475/1480 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1943.3.150

Martin Schongauer, The Baptism of Christ, c. 1480/1490, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.32

The Baptism of Christ

Martin Schongauer · c. 1480/1490 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1943.3.32

Barthel Beham, King Ferdinand I, 1531, engraving on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.869

King Ferdinand I

Barthel Beham · 1531 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1943.3.869

Israhel van Meckenem, Saints Thomas and James the Less, c. 1480/1485, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.131

Saints Thomas and James the Less

Israhel van Meckenem · c. 1480/1485 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1943.3.131

Israhel van Meckenem, Coat of Arms with Tumbling Boy, c. 1480/1490, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.166

Coat of Arms with Tumbling Boy

Israhel van Meckenem · c. 1480/1490 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1943.3.166

Albrecht Dürer, Three Peasants in Conversation, c. 1497, engraving on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.3473

Three Peasants in Conversation

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1497 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1943.3.3473

Albrecht Altdorfer, Saint Christopher, c. 1515/1520, engraving on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1983.10.1

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Altdorfer · c. 1515/1520 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1983.10.1

Bibliography

1921

  • Ref Number: 2669
    Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes; marques estampillees et ecrites de collections. Amsterdam: Vereenigde drukkerijen, 1921.