Two warriors fighting, 1531

Title

Two warriors fighting

Draughtsman

• Petrarcameister
• Hans Weiditz ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• red chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Upper Rhine

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study?
• movement study?
• torn disc

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): Hans Holbein
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1847 in Paris

Genre

• historical narration

Primary

• 33B3 fighting

Secondary

• 45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance
• 31D14 adult man
• 33A35 conversation, dialogue; conversation piece

Historic Attribution

• Hans Holbein the Younger draughtsman