# A Landsknecht

- By: Peter Paul Rubens (Possibly Swiss, 17th century)
- Date: n.d.
- Medium: Brush and black ink, with brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 30.7 × 19.5 cm (12 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
- Culture: Switzerland
- Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/84233)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7c8ff15c-b2ab-bcfe-e378-38164a89a225/full/!1724,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This mercenary has been depicted in the midst of battle, actively posed and ready to dispatch an enemy with his two-handed sword. The broad brushstrokes and bold shading add to the figure’s rough demeanor. The lower fragments completing the helmet and the piece of armor on the ground were reattached after being found pasted onto tears on the verso.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0