Masquerade

c.1512-1515

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a medieval scene with musicians and dancers. The illustration shows musicians playing instruments on a raised platform, while dancers in colorful attire dance around them. Seated individuals in the background are watching the scene. The style resembles an illuminated manuscript from the late Medieval period, showcasing detailed and colorful depiction of the event.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 x 26.4 cm (12 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4397

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.

Wikidata ID

Q64571857

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