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The image shows a person in a suit of armor standing upright. The armor has intricate details and the person has a mustache and short hair. They are looking to the side and holding a sword with both hands. The background is dark with draped fabric visible on the right side.
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The image shows a person in a suit of armor standing upright. The armor has intricate details and the person has a mustache and short hair. They are looking to the side and holding a sword with both hands. The background is dark with draped fabric visible on the right side.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bannerträger (Standard Bearer)

Lovis Corinth

Date
1915
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 42 x 33.5 cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1991.210.51
Credit line
Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • male
  • portrait
  • lithograph
  • Standard Bearer
Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right on stone: Lovis Corinth.; lower left in red pencil: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 201

Marks

embossed: [man wrestling dragon]; stamped lower right: Lovis Corinth : Bannerträger

NGA object ID 74040. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.