Men in Red, White and Blue Dancing with Their Partners

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

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This is a painting of a scene featuring figures in a courtyard setting with musicians. The painting depicts a group of figures clad in vibrant, colorful outfits of red, blue, and white stripes, with some wearing armor or holding pikes. There are several figures in the foreground, moving in pairs or small groups, some holding staffs or pikes. One figure in the background, wearing a feathered hat, is seen pointing. Two musicians play a drum and pipe on a raised platform. In the background, behind an arched architectural feature, several onlookers watch the proceedings from a balcony.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 33 x 26.4 cm (13 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1769


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): 310, repro. 311.

Wikidata ID

Q64571881

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