Berlin Secessionist artist Lovis Corinth and his wife, Charlotte Bernard, who was 20 years younger than he, are the models for this print, which features the artist dressed in a knight's garb. There is an oil painting and another print entitled "The Victor" that relate to this image.
In 1911 Corinth suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed on his left side, leaving him with a chronic tremor. The result of this being a shift to simpler, more powerful images such as this fantasy portrait, the fierce knight either capturing or protecting the young maiden.
There is an unsigned edition of this work that has the title in letterpress type in the lower margin, published In Leipzig, Germany by Zeitschrift FÃ1⁄4r Bildende Kunst in 1914/15.