Joshua, King David and Judas Maccabeus

1492

Primary Master of the Strassburg Chronicle

Associated Names
Primary Master of the Strassburg Chronicle

Artist, German, active 1480s and 1490s

The image depicts three full-length figures in suits of armor. The central figure has long hair and a decorative headpiece, while the others have facial hair and ornate helmets. Each figure holds a sword and shield with unique designs. The foreground shows a patterned floor, and beneath the figures is handwritten text. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink over traces of black chalk on on laid paper ruled in leadpoint

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.8 x 26.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.102.2.b

Associated Artworks

The image shows three full-body figures in a standing position. In the center is a bearded man with a crown adorned with intricate details and leaves, wearing detailed armor. To his right is a woman wearing a crown, with long wavy hair flowing from beneath it. She holds a sword in one hand and a shield with a crowned heart and cross in the other. To the left stands another armored figure with a helmet with a plume, holding a sword and a shield with a cross pattern. Each individual is distinct in their medieval-style armor, and they all hold swords upright, resting on the ground. The background features a tiled floor with a repetitive pattern, and there are inscriptions in stylized script at the top and bottom of the image.

King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Boulogne

Primary Master of the Strassburg Chronicle

1412

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie's London, 7 November 1993, no. 121A, as South German). (Jörn Günther, Hamburg); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1995

  • Koreny, F., in The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Ed. M. M. Grasselli. Washington, D.C., 1995: 98-99.

2012

  • Schmidt, Peter. "Historigraphie und persönliche Aneignung von Geschichte. Die wiederentdeckte Künastsche Handschrift der Strassburger Chronik des Jakob Twinger von Königshofen." Schreiben und Lesen in her Stadt: Literaturbetrieb im spätmittelalterlichen Strassburg. 2012: 349-350, 374, pl. 16a.

Inscriptions

extensive fifteenth-century text in brown ink

Wikidata ID

Q64619719

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