2014.416: Turkish Rider
PrintsThis black and white print shows a man in Turkish costume seated on a horse and facing to the right. The horse strides forward on the hilly ground, its left front and back right legs raised. Its head is bowed, and ahead to the right is a short obelisk with a carved ornamental relief on its face. The horse is covered with a blanket under the saddle, and has a long, flowing tassel attached to its neck. The man wears voluminous Turkish robes and a turban, and he has a large, sheathed sword attached to his waist. In his right hand, he holds the horse’s reins, and in his right hand he carries a large scepter. In the upper left corner are the artist’s initials and date.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2014.416
- People
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Melchior Lorck, Danish (Flensburg, Germany 1526 or 1527 - after 1588 Silesia(?))
- Title
- Turkish Rider
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Turkish Publication
Alternate Title: A Turban-clad Rider with a Sword at his Right Side and a War-Club in his Left Hand, profile towards the Right; in the Background an Obelisk - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1582, printed 1626 or 1646
- Culture
- Danish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/352173
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut on cream antique laid paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- overall: 21.7 × 17.3 cm (8 9/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in block. upper left corner: "F/ML"
- inscription: initialed and dated in the block, upper left: 15 F 82 / ML
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inscription: Verso, in graphite: Melchior Lorch / Anger de Busbec
B.q.
55-I - inscription: Lower center of sheet, in graphite: STR
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Hill-Stone, South Dartmouth, MA] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- Fischer 78
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
- Accession Year
- 2014
- Object Number
- 2014.416
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Fine Old Master & Modern Prints, Catalogue 18, auct. cat., Hill-Stone, Inc. (South Dartmouth, MA, 2014), no. 40, repr.
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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