Maximilian's Prowess in the Chase; and The Legend of the Holy Coat of Treves; with Portraits of Emperors and Kings (Maximilian's Forerunners), from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18
Medium
Woodcut and letterpress
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 3/8 × 24 5/8 in. (46.7 × 62.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.82.17
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where this monumental woodcut from the *Triumphal Arch* series transports visitors back to the Renaissance court of Holy Roman Emperor Maxim I. Titled *Maximilian's Prowess in Chase; and The Legend the Holy Coat of Tre; with Portraits ofors and Kings (Maxim's Forerunners)* this proof—dated 1515 and printed 1517–—celebrates the emperor's hunting skills, a revered relic's legend, and his illustrious lineage through portraits of forebears. Commissioned as imperial propaganda, the *Arch of Honor* was an unprecedented mega-...
About the Artist
Hieronymus Andreae|Albrecht Altdorfer|Wolf Traut|Hans Springinklee|Albrecht Dürer (German|German) · 1525 |1495 –1556 |1530
German, Bad Mergentheim ca. 1485–1556 Nuremberg|German, ca. 1495–after 1522