Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

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German 16th Century

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This illustration depicts two armored knights on horseback engaged in a joust. Both knights are wearing traditional jousting armor, with their faces covered by helmets. One knight is on a brown horse, while the other is on a multi-colored horse with a red, white, and green caparison. The knights are charging towards each other with lances aimed for impact. The lances are long wooden poles with pointed ends. Above the scene, there are gloves and a piece of fabric depicted. The drawing is in a traditional medieval or Renaissance jousting illustration style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.2 × 26.3 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4492

  • Series Title

    Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournaments of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Horseback (Volume II)

Associated Artworks

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This is a drawing of two armored horses with riders engaged in combat. The scene features two riders in medieval armor equipped with helms and pole weapons, resembling halberds. The horses are adorned with caparisons. There is a fallen sleeve in the top right of the drawing. The overall image appears to capture a moment of intense action from the depicted period.

Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors

German 16th Century

1515

Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournaments of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Horseback (Volume II)

German 16th Century

1515

The image depicts two knights in armor on horseback engaged in a jousting match. They are dressed in colorful armor typical of medieval knights. Both knights are riding upright towards each other, holding lances. The knight on the right has a more elaborate helmet compared to the one on the left. The lance of the knight on the right is shattered, indicating impact. The background is plain with a parchment-like texture.

Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors

German 16th Century

1515

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.

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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): 248, repro. 249.

Inscriptions

upper left by unknown hand in brown ink, on separate paper pasted down: Fraydall die swaiff gerenntt in ainer rott, weiss und gruen samathein degkh, auff dem hutt zway orn von deselben farb, darzwischen ain verguldtn stern: upper center by unknown hand in black ink: 15; upper right by unknown hand in brown ink: 95; lower center by unknown hand in brown ink: Graff albrecht von Zollern; lower left on mount in black ink: 95; lower right on mount in black ink: A 153

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Wikidata ID

Q64571893

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