The Tournament
1500
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.4 × 31.4 cm (8 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79472
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Engravings by this appealing master often illustrate the secular life of the period, in this case, possibly a festival held in Munich in 1500 over which the Duke and Duchess of Bavaria, Albrecht IV and Kunigunde of Austria, presided.
About the Artist
Master MZ · 1477–1525
The artist known as Master MZ is one of the most accomplished and enigmatic printmakers of the German Renaissance, active around the turn of the sixteenth century. The designation derives from the monogram MZ with which the artist signed a small but technically extraordinary group of engravings, and despite sustained scholarly inquiry, the individual behind these initials has never been conclusive...