Standard Bearer

Prints and Drawings

1658

Prince Rupert of the Rhine (German, 1619-1682)
after Pietro della Vecchia (Italian, 1605-1678)

Prince Rupert’s Standard Bearer, also known as Young David or Great Lansquenet, is one of his first dated mezzotints, created the same year Rupert engraved his Great Executioner. Standard Bearer demonstrates the pitfalls of reproducing Old Masters instead of newer paintings with clear authorship: most were attributed incorrectly, including this former “Giorgione.” Likewise, Valentine Green fancifully reproduced a Rembrandt self-portrait as an image of Rupert himself in 1775; Green’s skill nonetheless convinced Charles Theodore, current Prince and Count Palatinate, to appoint him his official mezzotint engraver.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Title: 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.: 1658
Medium: Mezzotint, with touches of engraving, in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 27.5 × 19.7 cm (10 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.8 × 20.2 cm (11 × 8 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1940.1315
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Schellmann 8

Russell 5 II/III

Smith, C. 5

Chaloner Smith 7

Nagler 5

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