 His woodcut technique is based on that of Albrecht Dürer, though his wooded backgrounds owe more to Cranach.His "Knight and Halberdier" (illustrated above) is in the chivalrous spirit influenced by Emperor Maximilian and his calls for a crusade; indeed the style of armour the knight wears is often called "Maximilian armour".Other early chiaroscuro woodcuts were equestrian portraits of similar knightly figures, a portrait of Maximilian by Hans Burgkmair, and versions of "Saint George and the Dragon" looking very similar to the Emperor, by both Cranach and Burgkmair.