The German Tournament: "Anzogen-Rennen"
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in. (23 × 32 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.55.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking woodcut captures the excitement of a German tournament known as the “Anzogen-Rennen,” a lively contest of horsemanship popular among Renaissance nobility. Created through the collaborative talents of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Albrecht Dürer, the print depicts armored riders and spirited horses in dynamic motion, reflecting the chivalric ideals and martial pageantry of the era. Such events combined sport, spectacle, and social display, allowing princes and knights to demonstrate skill and prestige before large crowds. As a woodcut, the work exemplifies the innovative printmakin...
About the Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder|Albrecht Dürer · 1472–1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472-1553) was one of the most prominent German Renaissance painters and a key artistic figure of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Kronach, Franconia, to the painter Hans Maler, Cranach began his career in Vienna around 1502, where he became one of the founders of the Danube School, a movement characterized by expressive landscape painting and emotional force. His ea...