Feb
Mercenaries and Turks
Erhard Schön, Turkish Soldier on a Dromedary, c. 1530, Woodcut, coloured with watercolour, 31 x 20 cm, Private collection
Mercenaries and Turks
Recovered treasure from the German renaissance
5 December 2009 - 7 March 2010
The museum’s Print Room is exhibiting two extraordinary series of coloured woodcuts from the German renaissance. The collection of prints is part of a recovered treasure that was missing for fifty years. One series shows Swiss and German mercenaries in colourful clothing. The other series is of great cultural-historical value and shows Turkish soldiers on horses and camels.
