Striding warrior
Also titled Lopende krijger
Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode (Delft)
c. 1562 - c. 1567
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- base plate: height 39.5 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 9.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This figure’s muscular legs seem almost too heavy for the slender torso, and the arms are excessively long. The full moustache and luxurious hair fail to conceal the leanness of the face. The man is elderly. His identity remains a mystery. He once held a sword or a wand in his right hand. There is a little hole at the back of his head, which may have served to secure a crown.
