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| Emperor Maximilian on Horseback |
1508
Hans Burgkmair
German, 1473-1531
Woodcut on painted paper, printed in black, gold, and silver
The Cleveland Museum of Art: John L. Severance Fund (1950.72)
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Burgkmair produced this woodcut equestrian portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian in 1508. The previous year, the Duke of Saxony had sent Maximilian a painted woodcut of St. George by Lucas Cranach. Full of competitive spirit, Maximilian urged Burgkmair to produce a more beautiful and ingenious painted woodcut.
Whereas Cranach had printed an adhesive from a woodblock onto his St. George and then sprinkled gold dust onto the paste, Burgkmair printed his gold and silver lines with metallic inks on a sheet of paper painted blue. Maximilian must have been pleased with the results because he sent the Duke of Saxony examples of Burgkmair’s work.
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