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"id": 288386,
"title": "Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art",
"description": "Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).",
"opening_date": "2017-08-26T04:00:00"
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"did_you_know": "Known as \"the last knight,\" Maximilian was an enthusiast of tournaments and hunting; here he wears the type of fluted armor that later would be named for him.",
"description": "Presented in full profile, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (reigned 1486\u20131519) and his mount emulate a classical equestrian portrait statue. The Latin abbreviations inscribed at the top of the page describe him as \u201cAugust Emperor Caesar Maximilian,\u201d a title conceptually equating him with the leaders of the ancient Roman Empire. The two-headed eagle on the banner is the emblem of his dynastic family, the Hapsburgs. This exceptionally rare chiaroscuro woodcut\u2014 printed with black and white inks on paper prepared with tinted wash\u2014represents one of the earliest experiments with this technique. Of the two surviving impressions printed on hand-colored paper, this is the only one that is blue.",
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"citation": "Dackerman, Susan. Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings & Woodcuts. University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002.",
"page_number": "exh. cat. no. 12b, p.117, 119",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry. \"The Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian I by Hans Burgkmair.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 9 (November 1952): 223-225.",
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