▁whom ▁the ▁figures ▁of ▁Py ram us ▁and ▁This be ▁are ▁directly ▁borrow ed . ▁His ▁wood cut ▁technique ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁that ▁of ▁Al bre cht ▁D ür er , ▁though ▁his ▁wood ed ▁background s ▁o we ▁more ▁to ▁C ran ach . ▁ ▁His ▁Knight ▁and ▁Hal ber d ier ▁( ill ustr ated ▁above ) ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁ch ival r ous ▁spirit ▁influenced ▁by ▁Emperor ▁Maxim ilian ▁and ▁his ▁calls ▁for ▁a ▁cr us ade ; ▁indeed ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁arm our ▁the ▁kn ight ▁we ars ▁is ▁often ▁called ▁" Max im ilian ▁arm our ". ▁ ▁Other ▁early ▁ch iar osc uro ▁wood cut s ▁were ▁e quest rian ▁port ra its ▁of ▁similar ▁kn ight ly ▁figures , ▁a ▁portrait ▁of ▁Maxim ilian ▁by ▁Hans ▁Burg k ma ir , ▁and ▁versions ▁of ▁Saint ▁George ▁and ▁the ▁Dragon ▁looking ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Emperor , ▁by ▁both ▁C ran ach ▁and ▁Burg k ma ir . ▁ ▁We cht lin ' s ▁twelve ▁prints ▁were ▁the ▁largest ▁individual ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁cor pus ▁of ▁about ▁si xty ▁German ▁ch iar osc uro ▁wood cut s ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁- ▁the ▁technique ▁was ▁probably ▁invent ed ▁by ▁Burg k ma ir ▁in ▁ 1 5 0 8 . ▁ ▁Un like ▁Burg k ma ir ' s ▁often ▁fran k ly ▁gar ish ▁colours , ▁We cht lin ' s ▁colour ▁wood cut s ▁use ▁only ▁two ▁blocks ▁and ▁m uted