Identification title(s): musicians and riders. Triumphal chariot of charles v, 1537 (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-78. 791. Catalog reference: fmh 395-a/2. Hollstein german 50-2(2). Bartsch 1-2. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2166. Description: group of seven musicians on horseback. Second plate in the triumphal procession of emperor charles v, 1537. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: hans schäufelein. Place of manufacture: germany. Dating: 1537. Physical features: woodcut. Material: paper technique: woodcut. Dimensions: sheet: h 328 mm (missing paper supplemented at the top) × w 308 mm explanation series of 9 woodcuts of the triumphal chariot of emperor charles v that can be mounted together to form a continuous frieze. The texts above the performances are missing in this edition. According to german hollstein (vol. Xlii, p. 126), the publication of this second state of the blocks can be dated ca. 1537-1551. The watermarks of these prints indicate a later date of ca. 1580-1616. The prints are described here according to the order in bartsch, a different order than in hollstein and geisberg, namely with the plates hollstein german 51 and 52 (the plate with the imprint) not as the third and fourth plates but as eighth and ninth (penultimate and last). Subject: what: chariot, triumphal car. When: 1537 - 1537. Who: charles v of habsburg (german emperor and king of spain). Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1537.
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