Masquerade

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a painting of costumed figures dancing. The image shows a group of elaborately dressed figures in a circular dance formation, each wearing red garments adorned with intricate white patterns. Each figure sports headgear with long protruding elements. The floor is bare and solid. In the background, an audience is depicted watching from a balcony. The rich detailing in the costumes and setting provides a glimpse into festive or ceremonial attire from a historical period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 x 26.9 cm (13 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4396

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pourtalès collection, Paris; (C.G., Boerner, Leipzig, sale CLXI, May 10-15, 1929, lot 469); Lessing J. Rosenwald (L. Supp.1760b); gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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): 304, repro. 305.

Inscriptions

upper right above image in black ink: 69.; lower center in brown ink: X13

Watermarks

Anchor w/ star (Briquet 490)

Wikidata ID

Q64571856

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