Foot Combat with Spears and Buckler Shields

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is an image of two armored figures engaged in combat. The drawing features two figures clad in blue and brown armor, facing outward in a defensive stance. Each figure wears a helmet with plume-like adornments on top and intricate detailing on their armor plates. They are positioned back-to-back, with medieval weaponry scattered at their feet. Two shields and spears are on the ground in a symmetrical arrangement. The background is plain, emphasizing the armored warriors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.6 × 26.4 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4559

  • 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

upper right by unknown hand in black ink: 47; lower center by unknown hand in black ink: 10; lower left on mount in black ink: 32; lower right on mount in black ink: A 99

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64571965

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