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Maximilian on Horseback

Maximilian on Horseback

Artist/Maker (German, 1473–1531)
Date1518
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsImage: 12 7/16 × 8 7/8 in. (31.6 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 5/16 in. (32.7 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Max Kade Foundation
Object number1968.115
Status
Not on view
More Information
Burgkmair, a contemporary and occasional collaborator of Albrecht Dürer, was among the most significant German artists of the 16th century. Working in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Burgkmair was commissioned to create likenesses of the emperor for circulation. For Maximilian’s coronation, Burgkmair made this equestrian woodcut portrait, depicting the emperor in strict profile, recalling the presentation of emperors of antiquity. In doing so, Burgkmair’s work became a propagandistic image and a promulgator of the emperor’s policies and power throughout the empire.
Exhibition History
German Woodcuts of the Early Sixteenth Century
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 26, 1972 - 1972-07 )
Images of War: Ritual and Reality
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 15, 1995 - October 22, 1995 )
German Renaissance Prints 1470-1550
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 1999 - January 30, 2000 )
Between Fact and Fantasy: The Artistic Imagination in Print
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 17, 2014 - June 22, 2014 )
Collections
  • European
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