Retreat of the Turks from Croatia, 1493: one of twenty-four reliefs by Alexander Colin, based on woodcuts from a Triumphal Arch by Albrecht Dürer. They depict events from the life of the Emperor Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany (1459-1519).
Alexander Colin (Mechelen c.1527 - Innsbruck 1612)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1832
Materials
Paper
Measurements
540 mm (H)710 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252754
Summary
Print, engraving, Retreat of the Turks from Croatia, 1493: one of twenty-four reliefs by Alexander Colin, based on woodcuts from a Triumphal Arch by Albrecht Dürer. They depict events from the life of the Emperor Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany (1459-1519). Inscribed: 'Turcarum Inengs Multitudo, Quae in Croatia et Sclavonia Cuncta Ferro et igni Vastaverat solius ipsius auspiciis ac aliorum ope ne quicquam implorata, inde eiecta.9, by Joseph Bramati from Francicus Vischer of a sculpture by Alexander Collin.
Marks and inscriptions
Joseph Bramati sculpsit.
Makers and roles
Alexander Colin (Mechelen c.1527 - Innsbruck 1612), sculptor Franciscus Vischer, original artist Joseph Bramati (1795 - 1871), engraver (printmaker) after Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471 – Nuremberg 1528), sculptor