Masquerade

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a festive scene depicting a group of figures in ornate attire. The central figure is playing a drum. In the background, there is a platform. Onlookers are watching from the side. The setting is historical or ceremonial. The style resembles an illuminated manuscript, with detailed and colorful depictions of societal events.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.3 x 23.7 cm (9 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.1 x 26.3 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4407

  • Series Title

    Freydal

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

Exhibition History

1943

  • Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943-1944, pp. 28-29, repro.

Bibliography

1928

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

1943

  • Mongan, Elizabeth. Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1943: 29, repro.

2019

  • Krause, Stefan. "Freydal, das Turnierbuch Kaiser Maximilians I. - Werkbeschreibungen." Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien 21 (2019): 306, repro. 307.

Watermarks

Anchor w/ star (Briquet 490)

Wikidata ID

Q64571859

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