Standard Bearer
c. 1502/1503
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.6 x 7.1 cm (4 9/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3480
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer's *Standard Bearer* (c. 1502/1503) is a masterful engraving on laid paper, measuring just 11.6 x 7.1 cm—small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, yet brimming with intricate detail. Created during the Northern Renaissance, this print captures a stoic figure clutching a banner, emblematic of the era's fascination with chivalric ideals and military valor. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, it exemplifies Dürer's revolutionary role in elevating printmaking from craft to high art. Dürer, a German master often called the Leonardo of the North, pushed t...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...