The Murales of the Engraving on the Battle of Ceresole d'Alba by Hans Schaufelein
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One of the oldest and finest images of the Battle of Ceresole, the one that has the most consistently
represents the different positions on the ground, it was made in Bern between 1544 and 1548 by the engraver
The Swiss Hans Schaufelein.
Legend of the elements of interest of the reproduction of the MURALS
1. “Faithful representation of the battle that took place between Ceresole and Carmagnola, in Piedmont, between
the most Christian king of France, François I, with the help of God and the Swiss confederates, and the troops
of the Marquis del Vasto, military commander of the imperial army in Italy, in the year 1544".
2. “Zerisolla” (“Ceresole”);
3. "Since the Marquis del Vasto saw the violent attack of the Swiss, he fled with the cavalry towards
Ceresol";
4. "These are the eighteen banners of the Landsknechts";
5. "The group of the King's Italians";
6. “French skirmishes with Italians”;
7. “The four banners of Lanzichenecchi and the thirteen insignia of the Spaniards put the
the Gruériens and the King's Italians”;
8. “The group of knights to the aid of the Swiss”;
9. “The thirteen Swiss ensigns put the eighteen banners of the Landskneches to flight”;
10. "Here are the French cavalry and the Gascons";
11. Monogram of Hans Schaufelein, author of the engraving, around 1548;
12. "Arma am[e]ns capio nec sat rationalis in armis"
they are enough");
13. "Audaces fortuna juvat timidosque repellit" ("Fortune favors the bold and repels the timid");
14. "Concordia exercituum victrix" ("The victory of armies is in concord");
15. Bern, Heinrich Holzmüller;
Hans Schaufelein - BIOGRAPHY
Painter and draftsman of woodcuts, born in Nuremberg around 1480, died in Nördlingen in 1539 or 1540. In his youth, he was mainly influenced by Dürer; together with other painters around Dürer he made designs for woodcuts for books (Ulrich Pinder, Beschlossen gart des rosenkrantz Mariae, Nuremberg 1505, and Speculum passionis, Nuremberg 1507). Around 1510 he moved to Augusta, where he was admitted to the rank of artists, led by Burgkmair, employed as a draftsman for woodcuts found in books printed at the expense of Emperor Maximilian for the purpose of glorifying his house and his own person.
represents the different positions on the ground, it was made in Bern between 1544 and 1548 by the engraver
The Swiss Hans Schaufelein.
Legend of the elements of interest of the reproduction of the MURALS
1. “Faithful representation of the battle that took place between Ceresole and Carmagnola, in Piedmont, between
the most Christian king of France, François I, with the help of God and the Swiss confederates, and the troops
of the Marquis del Vasto, military commander of the imperial army in Italy, in the year 1544".
2. “Zerisolla” (“Ceresole”);
3. "Since the Marquis del Vasto saw the violent attack of the Swiss, he fled with the cavalry towards
Ceresol";
4. "These are the eighteen banners of the Landsknechts";
5. "The group of the King's Italians";
6. “French skirmishes with Italians”;
7. “The four banners of Lanzichenecchi and the thirteen insignia of the Spaniards put the
the Gruériens and the King's Italians”;
8. “The group of knights to the aid of the Swiss”;
9. “The thirteen Swiss ensigns put the eighteen banners of the Landskneches to flight”;
10. "Here are the French cavalry and the Gascons";
11. Monogram of Hans Schaufelein, author of the engraving, around 1548;
12. "Arma am[e]ns capio nec sat rationalis in armis"
they are enough");
13. "Audaces fortuna juvat timidosque repellit" ("Fortune favors the bold and repels the timid");
14. "Concordia exercituum victrix" ("The victory of armies is in concord");
15. Bern, Heinrich Holzmüller;
Hans Schaufelein - BIOGRAPHY
Painter and draftsman of woodcuts, born in Nuremberg around 1480, died in Nördlingen in 1539 or 1540. In his youth, he was mainly influenced by Dürer; together with other painters around Dürer he made designs for woodcuts for books (Ulrich Pinder, Beschlossen gart des rosenkrantz Mariae, Nuremberg 1505, and Speculum passionis, Nuremberg 1507). Around 1510 he moved to Augusta, where he was admitted to the rank of artists, led by Burgkmair, employed as a draftsman for woodcuts found in books printed at the expense of Emperor Maximilian for the purpose of glorifying his house and his own person.
(DE) Christof Metzger, Hans Schäufelin als Maler, Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-87157-198-9.