id:			124273
accession number:	1945.26.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.26.6
updated:		2023-04-05 11:07:28.497000

The Great Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian, 1523. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1945.26.6

title:				The Great Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian
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creation date:			1523
creation date earliest:		1523
creation date latest:		1523
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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* Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
	opening date:   2017-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).

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Dürer conceived this fantastical chariot as part of a larger commission to depict Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (reigned 1486–1519) in a triumphal procession. The ruler sits enthroned in the lavish car, as Victory holds a laurel wreath above his imperial crown. Her feathered wings list Maximilian’s military campaigns. Nearly every component of the allegorical pageant—from the entourage of female attendants to the laurel garlands—has a Latin label describing honorable qualities of an ideal prince. The car rolls on wheels of Magnificence, Honor, Dignity, and Glory. Its driver is Reason, who guides a team of 12 horses with reins of Nobility and Power. Virtues of Justice, Strength, Wisdom, and Temperance, stand on pedestals arranged around the emperor. Maximilian died in 1519, before the ambitious commission could be completed. Dürer published <em>The Great Triumphal Car</em> at his own expense with text composed by his friend Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530).
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