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Mercenary Foot Soldier

 (German, ca. 1480−1538)
Date1512
MediumPen and black ink heightened with white gouache on paper prepared with brown wash
Dimensions5 13/16 x 4 1/16 in. (14.8 x 10.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by The Frick Collection, 1936
Accession number1936.3.56
Collection History

Josef C. Ritter von Klinkosch, Vienna. His sale, April 15, 1889, Wawra, Vienna, Lot 24. Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (on verso Lugt 2773, with 5 written above). Henry Oppenheimer, London. His sale, July 10–14, 1936, Christie’s, Lot 350. Frick, 1936.

Source: The Frick Collection: Drawings, Prints & Later Acquisitions. Volume IX. New York: The Frick Collection, 2003.

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