Scene from a tournament at Nuremberg, 16th century

Scene from a tournament at Nuremberg between the Hirshvogel and Riet noble families, 16th century. Two teams of lancers in an exercise match. One team wears feather cap, mesh mask, breastplate, codpiece, and quartered doublets and hose. A valet holds a torch. Scene de Fete a Nuremberg. From the collection of Hippolyte Destailleur. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer

16th Century 18th Century Book Illustrator Breastplate Codpiece Costumes Historiques Des Xvie Edmond Lechevallier-chevignard Feather Cap Georges Duplessis Lancers Riet Tourney Valet

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