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Mercenario regge lo stendardo del Canton Glarona

Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish
1520s
Not on view
Questo disegno, parte di una serie di portabandiera dei tredici cantoni della Confederazione Svizzera, raffigura un soldato mercenario che regge lo stendardo di Glarona, su cui appare san Fridolino, monaco irlandese del VI secolo che fece convertire la regione al Cristianesimo. L’importanza conferita al santo è tale da renderlo quasi vivo, ma la sua espressione mite contrasta con l’atteggiamento gagliardo del portabandiera e con i suoi abiti alla moda. I soggetti, spesso insoliti, presentati da Urs Graf, che per un certo periodo prestò servizio egli stesso come mercenario, ben si adattano al suo modo di disegnare esuberante e calligrafico.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Mercenario regge lo stendardo del Canton Glarona
  • Artista: Urs Graf, Svizzero, ca. 1485-1529/30
  • Materiale e tecnica: Penna e inchiostro marrone
  • Dimensioni: 28,8 x 19 cm
  • Crediti: Donazione promessa di Leon D. e Debra R. Black, e acquisto, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2003
  • Numero d'inventario: 2008.253
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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