Triomfwagen van keizer Maximiliaan I
1609
Medium
letterpress printing
Dimensions
364; 494
About this artwork
De grote triomfwagen ter ere van keizer Maximiliaan I bij zijn overlijden op 12 januari 1519. Achtste blad met het zesde span paarden met Experientia en Solertia.
Art Historical Context
Behold the *Triomfwagen van ke Maximiliaan I*Triumphal Chariot Emperor Maximilian I), striking letterpress print created by Hans Guldenmund 1609. Measuring 494 mm high by 364 mm wide, this forms part of a grand commemorative series honoring the Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), who passed away on January 12 1519. Maximilian was a visionary patron of the arts, famous for commissioning elaborate posthumous monuments like his Triumphal Procession—a massive woodcut frieze depicting his imagined funeral cortege. Guldenmund's print revives this spectacle nearly a century later, capturing the o...
About the Artist
Hans Guldenmund · 1450–1560
Hans Guldenmund (ca. 1450–1560) was a prolific Nuremberg printer, publisher, illuminator, and graphic artist whose woodcut broadsheets captured the turbulent religious, political, and military events of the early Reformation era. Active in the thriving print culture of Nuremberg, a hub for publishing since the late 15th century, Guldenmund operated his workshop near the meat markets ("bei den Flei...