Wild Horses Fighting - Hans Baldung Grien

Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

"Wild Horses Fighting" by Hans Baldung Grien (1534) Woodcut in black on tan laid paper.

Commentary

"Wild Horses Fighting" by Hans Baldung Grien (1534) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include woodcut. This piece is held in the source collect ion's Prints and Drawings collection. Hans Baldung Grien is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Hans Baldung Grien German, 1484/85-1545. The work is cataloged within a Germany cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as woodcut, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Woodcut in black on tan laid paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Block/sheet: 21.1 × 31.7 cm (8 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include woodcut. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/82194

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data