1525-2

Jörg Breu, the Elder, The Battle of Pavia.

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1525 A.D.

In the foreground there are nine bell tents and five pavilions can be seen. Simple ball apexes are apparent. The tents on the right have heraldic shields on their roofs.

In the centre of the picture there are two bell tents and four pavilions are draw in between the lines of circumvallation and contravallation. And strangely enough there are sixteen bell tents and two pavilions actually in the ditch of the circumvallation.

“Note the prominence of the infantry in the Battle of Pavia, 1525, in which Francis I of France is captured by Charles V. This marks the elipse of the House of Hapsburg and its dominance in Europe."

According to Geisberg the wood cut is by J. Breu, the Elder, “The Battle of Pavia, 1525. G. 356. Stuttgart.

Fig. 238. Jörg Breu, ‘The Battle of Pavia”, 1525. Woodcut, c. 1526 - 27.

Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 194 - 195.

Geisberg, M., The German Single-leaf Woodcut: 1500 - 1550, Volume 1, New York, 1974, p. 326.

Hale, J.R., Artists and Warfare in the Renaissance, London, 1990, p. 190.

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Other works by Jörg Breu, the Elder:
The Battle of Zama
The Investiture of King Ferdinand I

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