Italian Joust of Peace

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This drawing depicts a jousting scene with two horses and riders engaged in combat. One rider is in red, while the other wears green armor. The rider in red appears to be falling off the horse, which is on its side, indicating a moment of impact or a fall during the joust. Lances are broken and scattered, and the horse's legs are splayed out, conveying motion and the dramatic nature of the event. The drawing style is detailed, focusing on the movement of the horses and the medieval armor of the riders.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.8 × 25.2 cm (13 5/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4526

  • 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.

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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): 268, repro. 269.

Inscriptions

upper right by unknown hand in brown ink: 131; lower center by unknown hand in brown ink: Castelalter; lower left on mount in black ink: 131; lower right on mount in black ink: A 213

Wikidata ID

Q64571930

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