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A Standard Bearer
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (German, about 1484–1539 or 1540)
about 1515
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, cut by Jost de Negker
Dimensions
Sheet at plate mark :20.6 x 13.3 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession Number54.132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
D. II 91; B 100
DescriptionThe woodcuts in this exhibition were designed by the artists listed but the blocks were usually cut by specialized craftsmen or cutters (formschneider). Jost de Negker, whose monogram appears at the lower left of this print, was a well-known cutter of woodblocks from the Netherlands who was active in Augsburg.
ProvenanceWilliam Schab, New York; from whom MFA acquired by exchange, 11 March 1954.