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14 Items in this Learning Collection

Gurgin Fights with Andariman, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Timurid miniature from the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene depicts <em>Gurgin Fights with Andariman </em>from the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

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Rustam Fights with Ashkabus, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Rustam Fights with Ashkabus</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

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Combat of Romans and Dacians (after a relief on the Arch of Constantine, Rome)

This engraving reproduces a relief sculpture from the second century CE of Roman soldiers under Emperor Trajan conquering the Dacians in what is today Romania. The sculpture was later removed from its original monument built to honor Trajan and incorporated into the Arch of Constantine, erected in Rome by the emperor Constantine between 312 and 315.<br />
The relief depicts mounted Roman soldiers, dressed in their characteristic armor and helmets, surging to the left and right from the center of the scene. A group of soldiers sounding horns stands in their midst. The Romans' vanquished Dacian foes lie trampled beneath the horses' hooves.

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Achilles and Hector

This engraving depicts a frieze-like arrangement of figures in horizontal format. Two central figures are engaged in a duel on horseback. Several other nude male figures are engaged in battle throughout the composition. The artist's monogram is placed in the upper left corner of the image.

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Battle of the Sea Gods

This black and white print depicts an animated and detailed scene of nude figures and mythical beasts on the surface of the sea.Two men, with seaweed hair and riding half horse/half fish creatures, strike out at each other. A man and a woman ride a beast with a scaly body and the head of a fierce dog. In the background, a man holding a trident stands with his back to the viewer. Action and motion are expressed with billowing drapery, flowing hair and moving waves. The wide mouthed expressions of the figures and animals suggest yelling and noise in this chaotic scene. Among the many details depicted by the artist is a plaque held by the woman that has his initials.

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Joust in the Marketplace

This woodcut depicts a town square surrounded by buildings on the top and right edges of the composition as though viewed from above. Within the square is a field delimited by a fence in which a multitude of figures and figures on horseback are engaged in a chaotic battle. Several figures direct large lances toward other figures. Crowds of young and old and male and female figures watch the action from behind the fence and from within doorways, balconies and windows in the surrounding buildings.

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Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

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Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border

Fragment of circular gaming piece carved in elephant ivory in high relief. Standing male figure wearing knee-length robe holds sword in right hand and stabs inverted beast in the chest. Forelegs of beast end in hooves; head of beast characterized by large eye and pronounced nostril. Left arm of figure and rear half of the beast missing. Border contains zigzag pattern with bead motif.

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Gamepiece of an Armed Knight Throttling a Monstrous, Bearded Chimera

Round, carved gamepiece featuring the image of a figure in armor sitting on top of and stabbing a winged creature with a beard.

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Rustam Slays Shaghad and Dies, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Rustam Slays Shaghad and Dies</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

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Siyavush Displays His Prowess before Afrasiyab, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The "Kervorkian Shahnama")

This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Siyavush Displays His Prowess before Afrasiyab</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

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The Labors of Hercules: Nessus and Deianira (one of the set of 13 prints)

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Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Cart

Venus and Cupid are seen sitting in a chariot pulled by two swans that are embraced by two putti. Behind is a landscape with towns and houses.

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Entellus and Dares

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Joust in the Marketplace

Accession Number
2012/2.181

Title
Joust in the Marketplace

Artist(s)
Lucas Cranach The Elder

Object Creation Date
1506

Medium & Support
woodcut on laid paper

Dimensions
10 1/2 in x 15 in (26.67 cm x 38.1 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink

Label copy
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Germany, 1472–1553
Joust in the Marketplace
1506
Woodcut on laid paper
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink, 2012/2.181

Subject matter
A scene of a joust in a marketplace or public square.

Physical Description
This woodcut depicts a town square surrounded by buildings on the top and right edges of the composition as though viewed from above. Within the square is a field delimited by a fence in which a multitude of figures and figures on horseback are engaged in a chaotic battle. Several figures direct large lances toward other figures. Crowds of young and old and male and female figures watch the action from behind the fence and from within doorways, balconies and windows in the surrounding buildings.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
black and white print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
battles
lances (cavalry weapons)
marketplaces
spectators (event observers)

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