The Storming of Nantes
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
image: 21.7 × 19.7 cm · sheet: 23.2 × 19.7 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession Number
1960.33
Tags
male
About this artwork
In this woodcut armored cavalry with lances approach from the left. The town itself is ringed by artillery, as attacking infantry rush through the breached fortifications. Note the use of halberds and pikes, close combat weapons in which the main fighting part is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, which extends the user's range and striking power.