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Old 25th September 2008, 05:14 PM   #1
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Default Ca. 1510: Landsknechts fleeing Death

I found these on flickr.com.

This guy ( roelipilami seems not to be his real name) is doing a great job traveling a lot in museums where he takes detailed images of paintings, sculpture and other stuff depicting early weapons.

Wherever you are, roelipilami, thank you so much for sharing this great stuff! Carry on, man! You seem to have acquired highly specialized knowlegde in Gothic and Renaissance armor, hafted and edged wepaons. Maybe you could photograph representations of earliest firearms as well; they are rare enough to be actually found...

And for the rest of you, I recommend flickr.com not only for roelipilami's brilliant potostream but for other people doing very well on this page, too!

The first detail, from a painting by a Nuremberg master of ca. 1510, who was obviously inspired by Dürer, is called "Landsknechte (mercenaries) fleeing Death" and is preserved in the Staatliche Gemäldegalerie Berlin.

The next four details, of ca. 1230-40 and referred to by roelipilami on the screen shot, are taken from a Westfalian Crucifixion scene, while the last four are from a ca. 1530 Brabant "Holy Cross" altar.

Enjoy!

Michael
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