The Tournament
Item
- Title
- The Tournament
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Master MZ (ca. 1477–1525)
- Date
- 1500 CE
- Description
- Depiction of an early medieval tournament or melee. Knights are engaged in a mock battle and other martial competitions. Tournament is in the center of a town square with spectators looking on from a balcony in the center of the image, possibly the patrons who initiated the tournament.
- Format
- Engraving. 8 3/4 × 12 3/8 in.
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contributor
- Samuel Schumacher
- Identifier
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2014.125
- Subject
- Medieval tournament; knights; melee; horsemanship; chivalry; medieval
- Source
- Jpg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/2/25. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/629064
- Item sets
- Sam collection/item set
- Media
The Tournament