Ritter Painting

I have always been impressed by the illustrations of Albrecht Durer from almost 600 years ago. He was able to capture scenes from back then with so much realism it's almost like being able to travel through time and stand there, gazing upon the scene he saw. In this study of his earlier work, I tried to carefully re-create his drawing of a knight ("ritter" in German) sitting on his horse. I believe this was later used as a reference for his much later engraving, Knight, Death and the Devil - though it's clear this is the more faithful recreation of reality as there are several mistakes to be seen in the more famous engraving while this image is so accurate it's almost like a photograph. I think he used this drawing as a reference for the engraving but this drawing was carefully drawn from a live rider sitting on a horse.