Two jousting knights, ca. 1470 – 1480

Title

Two jousting knights

Draughtsman

• Middle Rhine, 15th century
• Master of the Housebook circle ?

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Gothic

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Middle Rhine?

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• illustration design

Captions Added Later

Datiert unten (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Schwarz): 1471
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Kleiner Ochsenkopf mit Stab und Stern

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1849

Genre

• historical narration
• animal depiction

Primary

• 43C396 (medieval) fighting contest

Secondary

• 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
• 45C221 helmet
• 46C131611 head-stall
• 45C12(MACE) weapons for striking a blow (MACE)

Historic Attribution

• German, 15th century draughtsman