Shield Bearer with Coat of Arms for the Fideler Family

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Shield Bearer with Coat of Arms for the Fideler Family

c. 1545-1547

Attributed to Hans Burgkmair the Younger (German, c. 1500–c. 1562) Collaborator Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger (German, 1513–1568)

This print is one of eighty-eight etchings made to illustrate “The Augsburg Book of Nobles.” Each image shows an individual figure—mostly military—dressed in splendid armor or fashionable clothing alongside the heraldic arms of a particular aristocratic family. Close inspection of this foot soldier suggests that interest in inventive imagery outweighed adherence to accuracy. The artist appears to have integrated pieces of real armor (the little pointed shield) with elements inspired by depictions in fifteenth-century paintings (the scalloped back plate), and fanciful details drawn from his own imagination (the flip-up visor with crossbar eyeholes).

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Object Details

Titles:

Shield Bearer with Coat of Arms for the Fideler Family
For the unpublished Das Augsburger Geschlechterbuch (The Augsburg Book of Nobles); later printings with inscription added were published in Ernewrtes Geschlechter Buch (Revised Book of Nobles) by Wilhelm Peter Zimmerman, 1618.

Date:

c. 1545-1547

Artists:

Attributed to Hans Burgkmair the Younger (German, c. 1500–c. 1562) Collaborator Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger (German, 1513–1568)

Medium:

Etching with hand coloring

Dimensions:

Image: 7 15/16 × 5 5/16 inches (20.1 × 13.5 cm) Sheet (cut within platemark): 8 1/16 × 5 7/16 inches (20.4 × 13.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by an anonymous donor, 2012

Accession Number:

2012-175-1

Geography:

Made in Germany, Europe

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