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Hans Burgkmair

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian

1508
woodcut, in black and white on paper washed blue

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Known as "the last knight," Maximilian was an enthusiast of tournaments and hunting; here he wears the type of fluted armor that later would be named for him.

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