Emperor Maximilian I

Prints and Drawings

c. 1590-1620

Attributed to Jan Muller (Dutch, 1540-1617)
after Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533)

When Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I formed the first Landsknecht company in 1487, he intentionally exempted the soldiers from harsh laws regulating consumption on clothing and food. Because their lives tended to be “brutish and short,” the emperor urged them to wear distinctively outlandish garb. Not only did slashed sleeves and bold colors unify the troops, but the attire made the Landsknechte an ostentatious and recognizable force fighting in the emperor’s name.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jan Harmensz. Muller
Title: Emperor Maximilian I
Place: Netherlands (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.: Between 1580–1628
Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 25.6 × 19.3 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
Reference Number: 1982.993
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