Standard Bearer
Artist: Urs Graf (Swiss, ca. 1485-ca. 1527)
Date: 1527
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 in. (19.7 x 12.7 cm)
Medium: White-on-black woodcut
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Geoffrey R. Bennett, In memory of his brother, Hubert D. Bennett
Object number: 1974.6
Label Text:Trained as a goldsmith, like many early printmakers, Urs Graf was also a draftsman, woodcut designer, and an occasional soldier. He was also noted for being one of the first, besides Dürer, to use etching. This image is from a set of white line woodcuts from 1521 entitled Standard Bearers of the Swiss Confederacy.
Not on view
In Collection(s)