L'Enseigne (Bartsch 87), GDUT4022

A young soldier in ornate military dress stands in the foreground, clutching a large flag that billows to the left. He wears puffed sleeves, a breastplate, and a large plume of feathers in his hair, while a sword hangs at his hip. To his right, a quiet sea with several small boats stretches toward a horizon of distant mountains.

This print demonstrates Dürer's early mastery of the engraving medium and his interest in the contemporary figure types of the Holy Roman Empire. The banner features the Saltire of St. Andrew and firesteels, symbols belonging to the Order of the Golden Fleece and the House of Burgundy, reflecting the chivalric and imperial identity prevalent in Dürer's Nuremberg.