The Tournament with lances
Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)
1509
- Medium
- woodcut
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29 x 41.6 cm (11 7/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Germany
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Prints
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Group engagements fought between two teams of contestants gained favor during the 1500s. These mêlées were often confused and chaotic, as shown in this woodcut. Lucas Cranach the Elder sketched many tournament scenes, often transferring them in faithful detail to woodblocks.
