Italian Joust of Peace

c. 1517-1518

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a jousting scene with two armored horses and riders. One rider is wearing elaborate armor and is carrying a lance and banner, accompanied by a heraldic lion figure. Another armored horse appears to have fallen with its rider represented by an animal form tangled in armor and limbs. The background includes clouds and dynamic lines. The artwork emphasizes dramatic and humorous elements using detailed linework and contrasting positions of the two figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.4 × 24.3 cm (8 13/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3682

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 248

  • Series Title

    Freydal

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, loan to permanent collection display of The Art of the Middle Ages, 1931, no cat.

2019

  • The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019-2020, no. 53.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 3: no. 272.3

Wikidata ID

Q18339708

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