Foot Combat with Daggers

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of two armored knights engaged in combat. The image shows two figures clad in ornate suits of armor, facing each other in a combat stance. Each knight is equipped with a helmet and a sword. The armor is detailed with a combination of metallic and decorative elements. One knight has a plumage decoration on the helmet. The composition is centralized on the page with a framed border, focusing attention on the duel. The drawing is rendered with a muted color palette that emphasizes the metallic sheen and intricacies of medieval armor design.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.1 × 26.1 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4580

  • Series Title

    Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Volume III)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frédéric de Pourtalès (1779-1861), Paris; E.P. Goldschmidt (1887-1954), London, c.1914-1918. (Charles Sessler Rare Books, Philadelphia). Purchased 1930 by Lessing J. Rosenwald (L. Supp. 1760b); Gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1926

  • Dodgson, Campbell. "An Unknown MS. of Freydal."The Burlington Magazine. 48 (1926): 235-237+240-242.

1928

  • Dodgson, Campbell. "More Freydal Drawings." The Burlington Magazine. 53 (October 1928): 170-73.

2019

  • Krause, Stefan. "Freydal, das Turnierbuch Kaiser Maximilians I. - Werkbeschreibungen." Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien 21 (2019): 296, repro. 297.

Inscriptions

center by unknown hand in graphite: 6; lower left on mount in black ink: 53; lower right on mount in black ink: A 127

Wikidata ID

Q64571986

You may be interested in

Loading Results