WORKSHOP OF HANS BURGKMAIR THE ELDER | A 'TOURNAMENT BOOK', WITH 16 NUMBERED SHEETS OF DRAWINGS OF KNIGHTS, MOSTLY ON HORSEBACK, IN PAIRS

Property from a Swiss Private Collection
WORKSHOP OF HANS BURGKMAIR THE ELDER
A 'TOURNAMENT BOOK', WITH 16 NUMBERED SHEETS OF DRAWINGS OF KNIGHTS, MOSTLY ON HORSEBACK, IN PAIRS

The drawings all pen and black ink and watercolor and bodycolor;
all laid down on the sheets of a vellum-bound album;
the first sheet inscribed (partially illegibly): Kaiser Maxiliann hochlobt / gedechtnis hat dis Ritter spiel / allamer maler selbs personl…/ getrieb…und geibt;
all the sheets numbered consecutively and inscribed in banners and cartouches with an indication of the identity or activity of the knights depicted:
1 OBRESTER / TURNIER / MAISTER
2 TURNIERER.ZU.FVOS
3 DAS TÜEISCH GESECH
4 DAS FELD ZENEN
5 GESECH.IM.BAINHARNESH
6 WELSCHEZ TURNIER
7 GESECH.IM.HOCHEN.ZUIG
8 DAS.PUNT.ZENEN
9 WELSCH.ZENEN
10 DAS SCEIBN,ZENEN
11 SCHWAIF.ZENEN
12 ..SCHFTS.ZENEN
13 ..NEN.ZENEN
14 [illegibly inscribed in the same hand as on the first sheet]
15 TURNIRER
16 OBRESTER ZENMAISTER
The album 297 by 197 mm; 11¾ in; the individual sheets various sizes, the largest 290 by 188 mm; 11⅜ by 7½ in

Condition Report:
The album and backing sheets in good condition. Some of the drawings significantly damaged, with redrawn areas, and with repaired tears and losses. All foxed and stained. None the less, the ink and colours remain strong, and the images are entirely readable.

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Provenance:
The Princes of Liechtenstein (with their bookplate);

José Eduardo Pisani Burnay (1924-1998), Lisbon (with his bookplate);

Private Collection, Switzerland