The Storming of Nantes (1512–15): Art, History and Details

The Storming of Nantes (1512–15) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In this woodcut armored cavalry with lances approach from the left. The town itself is ringed by artillery, as attacking infantry rush through the breached fortifications. Note the use of halberds and pikes, close combat weapons in which the main fighting part is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, which extends the user's range and striking power.

Object facts

• Title: The Storming of Nantes
• Date: 1512–15
• Creator attribution: Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531)
• Culture: Germany
• Type: Print
• Technique: woodcut
• Dimensions: Sheet: 23.2 x 19.7 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.); Image: 21.7 x 19.7 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
• Collection: PR - Woodcut
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1960.33

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Richards, Louise. "Woodcuts from 'Der Weisskunig.'" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 7 (September 1960): 166-172.

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