Dariusz caballeros: Hans Suess von Kulmbach - armored knights, horses, early hussar and stradiots lancers

Salvete Omnes,

a little canter to early XVI century Polish ream where Northern Renaissance art life flourished in the old capital, in and around the royal court of Sigimund I Jagiellon.

Apart from Michal Lancz there was another early painter in Polish Kingdom who also painted early hussars, stradiots and Rac, and knights and saints.

Northern Renaissance painter Hans Suess von Kulmbach was a prolific painter and draughtsman.

In the old Limbach's church, nowadays a Lutheran Church, there is a surviving altar with his painting showing four military saints in period plate and chain armor-

During the period of 1509-15 he was active in Krakow (Cracow), but returned to Nuremberg, where he died in 1522AD. He painted figures that resemble Rac or stradiots of the period.

and the Adoration of Magi, in full glory at the top of this post, is a mine to be explored

period bridle and curb-bit a a detail of the saddle's pommel

straditot and Rac lancers, ahorse with a curb bit

rowel spurs, langes messer and a stradiot attire

rowel spurs

There is a painting at the old town of Sandomierz - Diocesan Museum. Probably painted in master Hans Suess' workshop in Krakow. But it closely follows the original master Hans' work. Again, Rac lancers, stradiots and perhaps even Tatars (in those felt or sheep-skin conical hats) . My thanks to Radoslaw Sikora for allowing me to use his photo of the said painting.