Clothing, armour, and weapons in dated images · 1500–1568

Dress & Arms of the Landsknechte

Compare garments and equipment in identified woodcuts, engravings, and drawings from the first half of the sixteenth century.

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Monogrammist IW, after Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch · 1547

Landsknecht

The museum identifies the subject as a private soldier. The region labels describe visible features; they do not claim that every garment term appears in the print.

Institution: Rijksmuseum
Identifier: RP-P-OB-21.684
Image rights: Public domain

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72 prints and plates with catalogue records

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9 complete sources for the selected gallery crops

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Dürer - Ritter und LandsknechtAlbrecht Dürer · 1496 · Wikimedia Commons page 7209415Public domainCopied from an art book

Battle Scene, by Hans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger · circa 1524 · Wikimedia Commons page 6495595Public domainChristian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al , Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803 .

CH-NB - Schaffhausen, Landsknechtbrunnen, vue d'ensemble - Collection Max van Berchem - EAD-6969Max van Berchem · 1901 · Wikimedia Commons page 46383820Public domainhttps://www.helveticarchives.ch/detail.aspx?ID=832441

Tauberbischofsheimer Altar, Szene: Fall Christi unter dem Kreuz, DetailMatthias Grünewald · 1523-1524 · Wikimedia Commons page 152380Public domainThe Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202 .

Design for an heraldic panel of stained glassHans Holbein the Younger · 1522 · Wikimedia Commons page 6488718Public domainChristian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al , Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803 .

Die deutschen Landesknechte : ein KulturbildFriedrich Blau · 2024-05-22 21:09:45 · Wikimedia Commons page 148630093Public domainThis file comes from Polona Digital Library and is available under the URL: https://polona2.pl/item/die-deutschen-landesknechte-ein-kulturbild,MTQzMzY5NjM0/23/

The Knight on the Horseback with LansquenetAlbrecht Dürer · Unknown date · Wikimedia Commons page 60884239CC0This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy

Landsknechts break into Parmigianino's studioAmanzio Cattaneo · 1854 · Wikimedia Commons page 138718039Public domaincatalogo.beniculturali.it

Wapen 1545 Weisenburg (Weißenburg im Elsass, Wissembourg) koloriertJakob Kallenberg · 1545 · Wikimedia Commons page 114116926Public domainBayerische Staatsbibliothek ( en ligne ) Koebel, Jacob: Wapen. Des heyligen Römischen Reichs Teutscher nation... , Franckfurth am Main, 1545

British Museum collection set

34 Landsknechte prints

Prints catalogued by the British Museum under the title Landsknechte, with object records, image-use pages, large web images, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licences, and the required Trustees credit.

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LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1710Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1525-1580 · E,8.115Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1711Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu II · 1525-1547 · 1845,0809.1717Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu II · 1510-1544 · 1845,0809.1715Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1901,0611.3Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1525-1580 · 1972,U.1101Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1525-1580 · E,9.142Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1525-1550 · 1972,U.1100Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1725Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1714Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1525-1542 · E,9.192Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1525-1580 · E,8.116Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1721Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1750-1800 · 1849,1031.257Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1525-1530 · 1845,0809.1722Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1718Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteHans Burgkmair the Elder · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1707Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteHans Burgkmair the Elder · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1901,0611.4Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteHans Burgkmair the Elder · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1724Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteHans Burgkmair the Elder · 1525-1530 · 1845,0809.1706Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu II · 1525-1547 · 1845,0809.1713Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1723Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1525-1580 · 1849,1031.256Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1719Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1901,0611.6Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1750-1800 · 1849,1031.258Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteErhard Schön · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1708Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteSebald Beham · 1525-1530 · 1845,0809.1716Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1712Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1901,0611.7Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1901,0611.5Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteJörg Breu I · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1709Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

LandsknechteHans Burgkmair the Elder · 1525-1530; 1580-1585 · 1845,0809.1720Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Trustees of the British Museum

PICRYL topic set

23 Landsknecht woodcut images

Public-domain Landsknecht woodcuts found through PICRYL, with titles, makers, dates, and original files checked against their Wikimedia Commons records.

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Stör, Niklas Soldatenzug 2Niklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807434Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Kampf der LandsknechteNiklas Stör · 1525 · Commons page 45806531Public domain[1]

NoblemanNiklas Stör · 1530 · Commons page 45486525Public domain[1]

Niklas Stör Trommler und PfeifferNiklas Stör · 1934 scan after a 16th-century woodcut · Commons page 113338460Public domainDas Atlantisbuch der Musik, 1934, S. 444

Stör, Niklas Pyldschnitzer als LandsknechtNiklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45806993Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Soldatenzug 3Niklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807480Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Zwei KanonenNiklas Stör · 1540 · Commons page 45808010Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Landsknecht und DirneNiklas Stör · 1538 · Commons page 45806622Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Soldatenzug 1Niklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807399Public domain[1]

Clas WinttergrönNiklas Stör · 1530 · Commons page 45486501Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Schneider als LandsknechtNiklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807198Public domain[1]

Ulrich von Ulm Barchant WeberNiklas Stör · 1530 · Commons page 45486619Public domain[1]

SchuldthosNiklas Stör · 1530 · Commons page 45486575Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Soldatenzug 6Niklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807589Public domain[1]

Two Military PolicemenNiklas Stör · 1530 · Commons page 45486682Public domain[Like Steffan Goldschmidt, this weaver from Ulm gave up his trade to become a lansquenet. He was lucky to have been chosen as a 'Waibel' by the lansquenets; this was a well-paid post that attracted three times the usual rate of pay. A 'Waibel' assisted the corporal of the field in drawing up and practising the order of march and battle. He was also an important intermediary between the lansquenets and their captain]

Stör, Niklas Zwei LandsknechteNiklas Stör · 1540 · Commons page 45808045Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Schultheiß als LandsknechtNiklas Stör · 1538 · Commons page 45807248Public domain[1]

Lansquenet Clas Winttergrön with his son HeintzNiklas Stör · 1530 · Commons page 45486453Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Porträt des Landsknechtes Ulrich von UlmNiklas Stör · 1540 · Commons page 45806772Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Schuster als LandsknechtNiklas Stör · 1538 · Commons page 45807303Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Soldatenzug 4Niklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807515Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Soldatenzug 5Niklas Stör · 1500–1550 · Commons page 45807553Public domain[1]

Stör, Niklas Landsknecht und PageNiklas Stör · 1540 · Commons page 45806692Public domain[1]

Geisberg reference set

6 complete plates · forty-eight reviewed close-ups

Open any plate on Heidelberg University Library’s archive page to inspect the complete source and verify each costume crop in context.

Zwei Landsknechte mit Spiess und HelmbardeHans Schäufelein · Early 16th century · Geisberg I, 32Public Domain Mark

Ein Fähnrich zwischen zwei LandsknechtenHans Schäufelein · c. 1515 · Geisberg II, 26Public Domain Mark

Der Heereszug der Landsknechte, Blatt 7Erhard Schön · Early 16th century · Geisberg IV, 36 · Pauli 1451Public Domain Mark

Ein Soldatenzug: Spielleute und FähnrichNiklas Stör · c. 1520–1562 · Geisberg VI, 37Public Domain Mark

Drei Landsknechte auf dem MarscheWolfgang Huber · 1515 · Geisberg VIII, 39Public Domain Mark

Der Tod und der LandsknechtAlbrecht Dürer · 1510 · Geisberg IX, 30Public Domain Mark