Masquerade

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

The image shows a group of individuals in medieval clothing, some in red garments with designs and helmets, two ladies in green and purple dresses, and men in red outfits with hats holding staffs. In the background, there are figures in flowing robes in shades of green and red, near a stone-like blue-gray wall with windows and an arched doorway.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.1 x 26.2 cm (13 7/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4395

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pourtalès collection, Paris; (C.G., Boerner, Leipzig, sale CLXI, May 10-15, 1929, lot 469); Lessing J. Rosenwald (L. Supp.1760b); gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

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): 304, repro. 305.

Watermarks

Anchor w/ star (Briquet 490)

Wikidata ID

Q64571855

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