Mock Joust of War in Reinforced Field Armor

German 16th Century, c.1512-1515

This is a drawing of two armored figures on horseback, engaged in or preparing for a joust. The scene depicts two armored figures, each atop a richly adorned horse, facing each other with broken lances. · description from the collection

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Artist: German 16th Century ¹
Date: c.1512-1515 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor and corrected with white gouache on laid paper ¹
Original: 7,956 × 10,182 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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