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Arch of Honor

1515, printed 1517/18
Not on view
The Arch of Honor is the artistic summation of Emperor Maximilian I’s ambitions. Combining elements from many of his other commissions, it shows his ancestry, territories, extended kinship, predecessors as emperor, deeds, accomplishments, personal talents, and interests. Among Maximilian’s many ambitious printed projects, the Arch of Honor is the only one that was completed and published during his lifetime. The full visual and textual monument comprises 36 sheets of large folio paper printed from 195 woodblocks

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Arch of Honor
  • Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480–1538 Regensburg)
  • Artist: Hans Springinklee (German, ca. 1495–after 1522)
  • Artist: Wolf Traut (German, 1486–1520)
  • Block cutter: Hieronymus Andreae (German, Bad Mergentheim ca. 1485–1556 Nuremberg)
  • Calligrapher: Johann Neudörffer the Elder (German, Nuremberg 1497–1563 Nuremberg)
  • Designer: Jorg Kölderer (German, active 1497–died 1540)
  • Date: 1515, printed 1517/18
  • Medium: Woodcut
  • Dimensions: size of sheets over: ab. 18 x 24 1/2 in. (45.7 x 62.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.82.7–.42
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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