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 combat. The image shows two figures in stylized medieval armor fighting each other. The figure on the left wears a helmet with a plume and holds a weapon high above their head. The figure on the right is also in armor and appears to be defending with a long pole weapon in a defensive posture. Both figures' armor is in shades of blue with intricate details, and the scene is within a minimalistic border on aged, cream-colored paper. The illustration captures movement and tension between the two figures, conveying the energy and drama of a historical combat scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.4 × 26.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4574

  • 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): 292, repro. 293.

Inscriptions

upper left by unknown hand in graphite: [undecipherable]; upper right by unknown hand graphite: [undecipherable]; lower left on mount in black ink: 47; lower right on mount in black ink: A 107

Wikidata ID

Q64571980

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