Two German Soldiers
Hans Burgkmair, the elder (1473-1531)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
214 mm (H)159 mm (W)157 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872691
Summary
Pencil drawing of two man in Renaissance dress on tracing paper (figure drawing); the left one with long hair, elegantly dressed, wearing a long cape with a big hood and a hat, holding a spear, seen from the back, turned one quarter of the figure[?] to the right, looking to the right, so that his face is shown in its profile; the other one in armour with an helmet, sitting, his hand on his leg, looking to the left.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley
Marks and inscriptions
lower left; 'Hans b[?]urgmayer; Il trionfo di ...assemeleons in/ 1500'; below the left figure the number; '132', below the right one; '251'
Makers and roles
Hans Burgkmair, the elder (1473-1531), painter Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist