Foot Combat with Spears and Tartsche Shields

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of two armored figures engaged in combat. The artwork depicts two stylized figures clad in distinct pieces of armor, each wielding a polearm with a bladed tip. The figures are positioned facing each other, seemingly locked in combat. The armor is shaded with tones suggesting polished metal, and includes elements such as plumed helmets and skirted armors. On the ground beneath them, there are two pieces resembling shields pointing in opposing directions. The background is kept minimalistic to focus attention on the duo.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4558

  • Series Title

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

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): 284, repro. 285.

Inscriptions

center by unknown hand in graphite: 10; lower left on mount in black ink: 31; lower right on mount in black ink: A 139

Wikidata ID

Q64571964

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