Italian Joust of Peace

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

The image depicts a jousting scene with two armored figures on horseback engaged in combat. Both figures wear colorful armor with feathers on their helmets. The horses are in motion, and broken lances are shown mid-air. A wooden barrier separates the knights, emphasizing the medieval spectacle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor over leadpoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33 × 26.3 cm (13 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4525

  • 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): 268, repro. 269.

Inscriptions

upper right by unknown hand in brown ink: 130; lower left on mount in black ink: 130; lower right on mount in black ink: A 253

Wikidata ID

Q64571929

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