During the Siege of Vienna the countryside around the city was ravaged by pillage, arson and murder. Poignant illustrations like these, depicting the atrocities inflicted on women and children, were clearly playing to anti-Turkish feeling. This negative imagery confirmed and strengthened public fears. It may have been these prints Erasmus had in mind in 1530, when he warned against stirring up hatred against the Turks, 'for such amusements are common to all wars'.
Specifications
| Title | Turkish Atrocities in the Vienna Woods |
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| Material and technique | Woodcut, watercolour and letter press |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 307 mm Width 195 mm |
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| Artists |
Designer:
Erhard Schön
Publisher: Hans Guldenmund Writer: Hans Sachs |
| Accession number | MB 2010/2 H (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, Mondriaan Fund, Rembrandt Association and VSBfonds, 2010 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 2010 |
| Creation date | in circa 1530 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Landsknechten en Turken (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
La La La Human Steps: A Selection from the Collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (2012) Als kunst je lief is (2018) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Letterpress
> Manual
> Relief printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Woodcut
> Manual
> Relief printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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