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DÜRER, Albrecht: Five Lansquenets and an Oriental on Horseback

🖼 Five Lansquenets and an Oriental on Horseback, c. 1495
Engraving
132 × 147 cm
New York, USA

Energetic figures stride across the page in precise pen lines—five mercenary soldiers and an exotic horseman rendered with meticulous detail. Dürer captures the cosmopolitan reality of Renaissance warfare, documenting the diverse military culture that defined 1490s Europe.

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