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Master with the Mousetrap
Italian, active c. 1500-after 1511
The Two Armies at the Battle of Ravenna, 1512, c. 1512, printed 1530
Engraving in black on paper
149 x 222 mm
Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr., 1951.373
Bartsch, illustrated 2516.002 II/III; Bartsch XIII.365.2; Hind V.2 II/III
Ravenna, located in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, was the site of a battle fought on Easter Sunday, April 11, 1512, between the Spanish-Papal armies and the French, whose King Louis XII was pursuing dynastic claims to portions of Italy. The battle was an overwhelming victory for the French. This engraving depicts the opposing armies prior to engaging in direct combat.
— Exhibition label, Belligerent Encounters: Graphic Chronicles of War and Revolution, 1500–1945, July 31–October 23, 2011, Galleries 124–127.
