Masquerade

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
The painting depicts a group of people in a room with a musical performance underway, and an audience observing from a gallery above. The interior setting includes figures in colorful garments, some wearing striped tunics, red hats, and others with plumed helmets. The individuals seem to be participating in a lively event, potentially a dance or ceremony. Two figures are playing musical instruments — a flute and a drum. The colors are bright, creating a festive atmosphere. Above them, a window shows spectators in lighter attire watching the scene. The composition conveys a sense of medieval revelry or celebration, resembling a medieval manuscript or illustration.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.7 x 26.4 cm (13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4398


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): 306, repro. 307.

Wikidata ID

Q64571858

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