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MINIATURE OF A MEDIEVAL JOUSTING TOURNAMENT (c. 1900)
[The Spanish Forger]
A large miniature of a medieval jousting tournament completed in tempera on avoriolina by the infamous Spanish Forger (c. 144 x 132 mm). The scene shows two jousting knights in the foreground. The red knight appears to pierce the knight in blue, whose lance has snapped in the joust, as two crowds of soldiers watch from the side.
A very good example of the Spanish Forger's work. The pigment has held well in most places, with some chipping and rubbing, particularly to the application of gold. There is a long split to the upper right side.
The Spanish Forger is one of the most prolific and successful forgers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They have a large oeuvre of work, which was brought together for the first time by Belle da Costa Greene of the Morgan Library in 1930.