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Two Lansquenets

Erhard Altdorfer

1513

Medium

Pen and black ink highlighted with brush and opaque white on reddish brown prepared paper.

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Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (14 x 9.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Erhard Altdorfer

1475–1562 • Germany

Erhard was a pupil of his brother, Albrecht, buy may have been influenced by other masters of the Danube style such as Lucas Cranach and Jorg Breu. In 1512 he became court painter and architect to the Duke of Mecklenburg at Schwerin, and remained there until 1561.

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