 The work was originally intended to be the central part of the "Triumph of Maximilian", a work that was proposed in 1512, when Maximilian made his last visit to Nuremberg, and met Dürer.Dürer's first design drawings of 1512–13 are held by the Albertina in Vienna, and show a much smaller carriage.A watercolour of a second more elaborate scheme drawn in 1518 by Dürer with suggestions by Willibald Pirckheimer is also held by the Albertina.