Standard Bearer

Artist Urs Graf (Swiss, ca. 1485-ca. 1527)

Date1527

DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 5 in. (19.7 x 12.7 cm)

MediumWhite-on-black woodcut

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Geoffrey R. Bennett, In memory of his brother, Hubert D. Bennett

Object number

1974.6

Not on View

Label TextTrained 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.Exhibition HistoryThe Passion and the Apocalypse: Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance, Oct 1,04 - Jan 2,05