Illustration 29 from The Dangers and Adventures of the Famous Hero and Knight Sir Teuerdank

Artist Unknown

Date16th century

MediumWoodcut

DimensionsSheet: 13 7/16 × 9 1/16 in. (34.2 × 23 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureGerman

InscribedWritings from the book The Dangers and Adventures of the Famous Hero and Knight Sir Teuerdank

Object numberPC2014.14.18

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionThe knight facing another man who is on a horse in the foreground, an overturned horse laying down on its back and another figure in the mid-ground, mountains and piles of rock in the further back of the image. First half 16th century "Teuredank," ascribed to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519), is the allegory of Maximillian's wooing of Duchess Mary of Burgundy (1487-1482). Additional text on the back.

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