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The Knight and Lansquenet
Hans Wechtlinc. 1512
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
By 1509 color prints were successfully produced by printing the line block in black but using a second block to print the background color. Unprinted areas of white paper formed the highlights. Wechtlin’s <em>The Knight and Lansquenet</em> is a beautiful example of this technique.
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- Title: The Knight and Lansquenet
- Creator: Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480/85–after 1526)
- Date Created: c. 1512
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince of Liechtenstein, Feldsberg, stamped (not in Lugt), verso, lower left, in blue
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.241
- Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut (in blue and black)
- Inscriptions: lower left, in block: [monogram]
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Germany, 16th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
- Accession Number: 1950.241
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