Italian Joust of Peace

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a jousting scene. The image shows two armored figures on horseback clashing in a jousting event. Broken lances are flying through the air. The horses are decorated with caparisons in white, blue, and red colors, and the knights wear similarly colored armor with ornate plumes on their helmets. The background is minimalistic, drawing attention to the action in the forefront.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor over leadpoint, black chalk, and red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.5 × 26.2 cm (13 3/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4515

  • Series Title

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

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): 262, repro. 263.

Inscriptions

upper right above image by unknown hand in black ink: 28; upper right by unknown hand in brown ink: 120; lower left on mount in black ink: 120; lower right on mount in black ink: A 146

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64571918

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