Landsknecht Guild

Post edited 12:55 pm - May 29, 2010 by julie

Chase wasn't the only one surfing the Web doing research last night.

As a follow up to Marc's recent post of the arquebus image, I followed the link source to a collection of military prints at Brown University. The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University is working to digitize 15,000 individual prints, drawings, and watercolors from the 17th century to the present.  I found that they also have quite a few 16th century images, including some Landsknecte woodcuts and etchings. *glee* Unfortunately, the 16th century seems to be outside of their area of expertise. They have mislabeled (Those aren't long spears, they're pikes!) and misdated (how can you date that 1525 when the artist wasn't born until 1663?) quite a few of the images in our time period.

But even so, the ability to be able to zoom in on familiar images is reason enough to visit. Just be very careful to double check anything “new” that you find in this archive.

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/askb/about.html

For those interested in cannons, searching under “1550″ will bring up about a hundred cannon images from Jost Amman. Too late for our period unfortunately. =(

Some familiar images that ARE from our time period. Click View Image and you can zoom in to see details.

Daniel Hopfer - Soldier and Wife
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..7784841458
Swiss Landsknecht
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..0425593750
Eine Landsknecht
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..3818156250

And I think my favorite image just may be the Seige of Wolfenbuttel (1542). Zoom in and move around to check out all the things going on in this picture. It appears that gambling was popular even during battles! And make sure to check out the lower right hand corner.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..9828937500

And a couple that are suspect, but still interesting

Fredrick III - Elector of Saxony (1463 - 1525), not from life as the artist, Friedrich Brentel the Elder (1580 - 1651), was born 50 years after his death . But check out those chain maile hot pants and the nice camp scene behind him.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..4677843750

This image is dated 1530, but if you zoom in the men in the crowd are wearing Plunerhose, which generally appear in the latter half of the 16th century. But the image is useful because it shows period color combinations for puff and slash.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..5196623174

Image of arquebusier is in a style that seems more 1625 that 1525, especially when you consider that they label is as being by or after Jeremias Wolf, who lived from 1663 - 1724. I was rather proud of myself for recognizing that the art style was wrong for our time period.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/catalo…..2040983736