Artist: Melchior Lorck
Date: 1571
Size: 31 x 22 cm
Museum: National Gallery of Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Technique: Drawing
Ten Women of Stralsund belongs to a group of drawings that were presumably done as studies for woodcuts for a projected book about the history of clothes.Ten women are lined up, showing attire from the 1600th century. The women’s poses allow Melchior Lorck to display their garb from all angles while also creating excellent rhythm within the composition.The history of the drawingThe drawing is executed with precision in pen and brown ink. It was exhibited at the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1962 and subsequently bought from the English Evelyn Collection.The artist LorckLorck is the first artist of Danish origin whose artistic production is extensively documented. His connections with King Christian 3. (1503-1559) and the emperor Ferdinand 1. (1503-1564) took him far and wide in the world. Lorck recorded his impressions on paper. His circle of motifs was wide-ranging, spanning urban scenes, architecture, scenes of everyday life, and studies of clothes, weapons, tools, and portraits.Inspired by Cranahc and DürerThe drawings would later be translated into woodcuts and copperplates and published in books. Surviving drawings, woodcuts, and copperplates from his youth and study tours show how he was inspired by Lucas Cranach (1472-1553) and Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).
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