Men of war
Erhard Schön, Soldinus, a Persian horseman who tells that sultan Suleiman wants all Germany to add to his empire.
Mercenaries and Turks is a small exhibition in Rotterdam Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. It’s exhibiting two unusual coloured sets of newly recovered woodcuts from the German Renaissance (c 1530).
One set portrays Swiss and German mercenaries. The other series shows Turkish soldiers riding horses and camels.
Untill 7 March 2010.
Men of war
Erhard Schön, Soldinus, a Persian horseman who tells that sultan Suleiman wants all Germany to add to his empire.
Mercenaries and Turks is a small exhibition in Rotterdam Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. It’s exhibiting two unusual coloured sets of newly recovered woodcuts from the German Renaissance (c 1530).
One set portrays Swiss and German mercenaries. The other series shows Turkish soldiers riding horses and camels.
Untill 7 March 2010.