id: 114743 accession number: 1934.343 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.343 updated: The Lady Riding and the Landsknecht, c. 1497. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1934.343 title: The Lady Riding and the Landsknecht title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1497 creation date earliest: 1492 creation date latest: 1502 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Meder 84 --- CREATORS * Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34 opening date: 1935-02-20T05:00:00 Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-March 13, 1935). title: Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection opening date: 1938-03-23T05:00:00 Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-April 24, 1938). title: 16th Century German Engravings opening date: 1938-12-13T05:00:00 16th Century German Engravings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1938-January 22, 1939). title: Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints opening date: 1987-06-02T04:00:00 Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987). title: Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire opening date: 2014-06-22T00:00:00 Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: At first the subject of this early print appears to be simple courtly love; in it a noblewoman and infantryman share a private moment of farewell. However, a deeper reading of the image suggests underlying themes related to the power of women. Although the young man’s stance and weaponry establish his masculinity, the woman’s higher social status and physical position on horseback allude to her authority over him. Further, the hat she wears belongs to her lover’s costume, not to contemporary women’s fashion. Her appropriation of his clothing combined with his delicate touch and forlorn gaze creates an instance of role reversal, indicating that she holds the power in this romantic situation. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1934.343/1934.343_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1934.343/1934.343_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1934.343/1934.343_full.tif