id:			104079
accession number:	1922.246
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1922.246
updated:		2022-01-04 14:55:05.909000

A Tournament, 1506. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1922.246

title:				A Tournament
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creation date:			1506
creation date earliest:		1506
creation date latest:		1506
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 116

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CREATORS

* Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553)  - artist

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state of the work:	II/II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		16th Century German Woodcuts
	opening date:   1939-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>16th Century German Woodcuts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-February 26, 1939).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

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wall description: 
Tournaments in the age of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian were not the serious affairs of the Middle Ages, nor did they reflect actual methods of warfare, which relied on heavy cannons and mercenaries. Instead, they provided amusing entertainment for the aristocracy. This complex design, containing numerous combatants jousting with lances, was based on events that took place in the Wittenberg marketplace. Given Cranach's position as painter to the Saxon court, his workshop would probably have been responsible for the various painted decorations associated with such tournaments.
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