Foot Combat with Longswords

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of two armored figures engaged in a fencing stance. The image depicts two figures clad in elaborate suits of armor holding swords. The figure on the right wears a plume on their helmet and a skirt made of overlapping plates, while the left figure wears a diamond-patterned tunic. The drawing uses a light color palette with shades of blue and beige, and is detailed with fine lines and shading to show the textures of the armor. A border frames the drawing, and the number "33" is noted in the top right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.5 × 26.1 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4570

  • 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): 290, repro. 291.

Inscriptions

upper right by unknown hand in black ink: 33; lower center by unknown hand in black ink: 6; lower left on mount in black ink: 43; lower right by unknown hand [in graphite?]: [5 lines of numbers that appear to be addition]; lower right on mount in black ink: A 59

Wikidata ID

Q64571976

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