Italian Joust of Peace

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of an armored horse with a knightly effigy. The image depicts a knightly jousting or tournament scene, with an armored figure on horseback adorned in segmented metal armor and a decorative helm with a black bird motif on top. The horse and knight are primarily clad in armor featuring alternating black and gold vertical stripes, with a red and white cloth visible on the horse's head and the knight's arms. Behind the horse is a wooden barrier. The depiction uses fine lines and subtle color contrasts, creating a historical and detailed representation of medieval pageantry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.8 × 26.2 cm (13 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4518

  • 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): 264, repro. 265.

Inscriptions

upper right by unknown hand in brown ink: 123; upper right above image in black ink: [29?/25?; lower left on mount in black ink: 123; lower right on mount in black ink: A 130

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Wikidata ID

Q64571921

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