Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans

Prints and Drawings

c. 1517

After Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528

This double-sided book illustration presents the heraldry of the soon-to-be Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian, Albrecht Dürer’s patron. The chain of stylized flints and firebrands with a dangling sheepskin denotes the Emperor’s membership in the exceedingly prestigious Order of the Golden Fleece, while the central eagles and griffins refer to his various territories. The shield of the author Florian Waldauff appears on the verso, in a woodcut also not by Dürer. Evidently the recto block wore out in the 1500 first edition of the Revelations of Saint Bridget; the 1517 edition replaced Dürer’s very similar design with this entirely new one.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Title: Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Published 1517
Medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 23.3 × 15 cm (9 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 17.3 cm (10 7/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1929.320
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Meder 283 1517 copy, first state

Bartsch 158

Strauss 62

Schoch, Mende, & Scherbaum A 34.2

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