Two Apprentices Fighting

Jean de Gourmont I

Associated Names
Jean de Gourmont I

Artist, French, active 1506/1551

This is a drawing of an interior scene with two figures grappling and various objects scattered around. The drawing portrays a classical architectural setting with columns and arches in the background. The two central figures are engaged in what appears to be a struggle, with one possibly wielding a bladed object. The foreground is filled with various items such as a bucket, tools, a shield or lid, and a small fire with smoke curling upwards into the air.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    mount: 16.6 × 22.9 cm (6 9/16 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 8.3 × 11 cm (3 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4705

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, Vol. VII, p.26, no. 21, State (as Master of the Monogram JG)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 34, repro.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Wikidata ID

Q64958971

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