Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I

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The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I is a monumental multi-sheet woodcut print designed in the early 16th century for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, celebrating his lineage, reign, and imperial ambitions in the style of a classical triumphal arch.

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Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monumental woodcut print ⓘ
print series ⓘ
propaganda artwork ⓘ
artMovement Northern Renaissance ⓘ
commissionedBy Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
commissionedIn c. 1512 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
culturalSignificance key work of imperial self-representation in print ⓘ
one of the largest woodcuts ever produced ⓘ
currentLocation various museum collections ⓘ
depicts Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
allegorical figures ⓘ
battles and victories of Maximilian I ⓘ
genealogy of Maximilian I ⓘ
heraldic devices ⓘ
territories of the Habsburg dynasty ⓘ
designedFor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
designer Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
distributionMethod printed sheets sent to cities and courts ⓘ
function portable substitute for a real architectural arch ⓘ
genre imperial propaganda ⓘ
triumphal arch imagery ⓘ
height approximately 3.5 meters ⓘ
historicalContext late reign of Maximilian I ⓘ
iconographicForm classical triumphal arch ⓘ
inception c. 1515 ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
influencedBy ancient Roman triumphal arches ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
materialUsed paper ⓘ
woodblocks ⓘ
notableCollection Albertina, Vienna ⓘ
British Museum, London ⓘ
linked to: British Museum

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg ⓘ
numberOfSheets over 190 sheets ⓘ
partOf Maximilian I's monumental woodcut program ⓘ
Maximilian I's print propaganda projects ⓘ
patron Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
printingTechnique relief printing ⓘ
purpose celebration of Maximilian I's imperial ambitions ⓘ
celebration of Maximilian I's lineage ⓘ
celebration of Maximilian I's reign ⓘ
relatedWork Theuerdank ⓘ
Triumphal Procession of Maximilian I ⓘ
style highly detailed line work ⓘ
technique woodcut ⓘ
width approximately 3 meters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triumphal Procession (Triumphzug) → relatedWork → Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I ⓘ
Hans Burgkmair the Elder → notableWork → Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I ⓘ
Triumphal Procession of Maximilian I → relatedWork → Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I ⓘ
Weißkunig woodcuts → relatedWork → Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I ⓘ