Parading Knights in Oriental Costume

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

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This is a painting of a procession in a court setting. The image depicts a group of figures dressed in elaborate costumes, marching in formation. Their outfits suggest a ceremonial context, characterized by detailed patterns and embellishments, notably gold-toned tunics paired with metallic armor. The central figure is holding a staff, indicating a role of significance or authority. In the background, several figures in fine attire sit as spectators, observing the parade. These spectators are depicted with varied colored gowns and turbans, seated under a patterned canopy-like structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 x 23.5 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 33.8 x 26.3 cm (13 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1760


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G., Boerner, Leipzig, sale CLXI, May 10-15, 1929, lot 469); LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

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Bibliography

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): 306, repro. 307.

Wikidata ID

Q64571870

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