Joust in the Marketplace / Lucas Cranach The Elder
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.181
- Title
- Joust in the Marketplace
- Artist
- Lucas Cranach The Elder
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1472-1553
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1506
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Dimensions
- 26.67 cm x 38.1 cm (10 1/2 in. x 15 in.)
- Physical Description
- This woodcut depicts a town square surrounded by buildings on the top and right edges of the composition as though viewed from above. Within the square is a field delimited by a fence in which a multitude of figures and figures on horseback are engaged in a chaotic battle. Several figures direct large lances toward other figures. Crowds of young and old and male and female figures watch the action from behind the fence and from within doorways, balconies and windows in the surrounding buildings.
- Subject Matter
- A scene of a joust in a marketplace or public square.
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- commercial complexes
- complexes
- complexes by function
- edged weapons
- events
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- spears (weapons)
- spears by form
- staff weapons
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3374 x 2355
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.181
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.181/2012_2_181.jpg
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"Joust in the Marketplace; Lucas Cranach The Elder." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.181/2012_2_181.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
