The Tournament

1500

Master MZ

Associated Names
Master MZ

Artist, German, active c. 1500

This is a painting of a medieval jousting tournament in a city. The scene shows horse-mounted knights in detailed armor engaging in combat or preparing for the tournament. The foreground features riders in action with lances, suggesting a chaotic melee with rearing horses and falling knights. In the background are tightly packed buildings, creating a sense of a large audience. The setting is a cobbled street with historic architectural structures, reflecting an era of chivalry and medieval life. This artwork is in the style of Hans Burgkmair the Elder.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.184

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 8, p.369, no. 18, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • Early German Prints, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, 1954.

1955

  • Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, 1955.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 153, repro.

1968

  • Xix: An Exhibition Honoring the XIX Olympiad, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, 1968.

1997

  • Love and War: A Manual for Life in the Late Middle Ages, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 153.

1991

  • Hutchison, Jane C. The Illustrated Bartsch 9/2. New York, 1991: under no. 018.

1998

  • Stogdon, Nicholas. Early Northern Engravings. England, 1998: under no. 45.

Watermarks

Scales in circle (Lehrs 35, with slight variations)

Wikidata ID

Q64960436

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