The Testing of the King's Sons

c. 1500

Master MZ

Associated Names
Master MZ

Artist, German, active c. 1500

This is a drawing of a scene featuring multiple figures. The image portrays a group of figures in elaborate clothing, with one figure on horseback and others engaged in a dialogue. The background shows a landscape with hills and trees. One figure appears disheveled and possibly distressed, contrasting with the others. The drawing shows detailed line work and attention to costume and expressions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 17.1 x 24.3 cm (6 3/4 x 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.50.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 8, p.374, no. 21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christies, London, 26 May 1985, no. 1); acquired by National Gallery of Art, 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

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.

Inscriptions

artist's monogram, lower center in plate: MZ

Watermarks

Encircled crossbow w/ a cross (similar to Briquet 752)

Wikidata ID

Q74069537

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