The Standard Bearer

Prints and Drawings

c. 1500

Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528

Dürer’s iconic standard bearer hoists a flag emblazoned with diagonally crossed branches and double fire steels in the shape of the letter B, for the French region of Burgundy. These symbols suggest he is an infantry soldier fighting Italy or France for Maximilian I, the Burgundian ruler and Holy Roman emperor, later Dürer’s patron. With skintight hose, a fabric codpiece, slashed sleeves, jaunty feathers, and an antagonistically raised eyebrow, he defies any attempt to capture his flag.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Title: The Standard Bearer
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.: Made 1495–1505
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet: 11.6 × 7.1 cm (4 5/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1938.1461
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Bartsch 87

Meder 92 a/c

Strauss 35

Schoch, Mende, & Scherbaum 31

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