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Horatius Cocles Leaping into the Tiber River

Horatius Cocles Leaping into the Tiber River

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Albrecht Altdorfer

Horatius Cocles defended his comrades while they escaped over a bridge and destroyed it, then swam the river wounded with all of his arms.
Artist
Albrecht Altdorfer
(German, 1480 - 1538)
Title
Horatius Cocles Leaping into the Tiber River
Date
1521-1526
Medium
Copper engraving
Dimensions
2 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Fund purchase
Accession No.
65.1.1
Classification
Prints
Geography
Germany

Related

  • Hutchison, Jane Campbell. "Graphic Art In the Age of Martin Luther (1483-1546) : an Exhibition Honoring the 500th Anniversary of Luther's Birth." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1983. pp. 37, 44-45, cat. no. 36
  • Madison Art Center. "Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings From The University of Wisconsin Collections." Madison, WI: The Madison Art Association, 1965.
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Collection of Prints and Drawings." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center, 1967.

  • Loaded Image, The: Printmaking as Persuasion: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/18/2011–10/30/2011
  • Graphic Art in the Age of Martin Luther: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/22/1983–12/4/1983
  • Schongauer to Callot: Old Master Graphics from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 2/1/1974–3/10/1974
  • Master Prints and Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/6/1970–1/31/1971
  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings from the University of Wisconsin Collections: Madison Art Center, 11/21/1965–12/11/1965

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