Foot Combat with Longswords

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

The image depicts two armored figures engaged in combat. They face each other, each holding a sword in one hand and gripping the blade of the opposing sword with their other hand. The armor is detailed with blue and gold embellishments, with one figure wearing a plumed helmet and the other a decorative flourish resembling feathers. The scene is framed by lines creating a border around the central action. The poses of the figures suggest a tense struggle, with their stances and sword angles indicating a dynamic encounter.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.8 × 26 cm (13 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4565

  • 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): 288, repro. 289.

Inscriptions

center by unknown hand in graphite: [1./4.?]; lower left on mount in black ink: 38; lower right on mount in black ink: A 226

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64571971

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