Close-ups
Framed and on the wall
Frame and rooms are illustrations of how the piece could look; it is sold unframed unless the description says otherwise.
Two Mounted Crusader Knights, Hand Colored French Lithograph, 1842
$250
€225 · £190
Original print, not a reproduction.
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1842
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Knights & armor
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13061-32
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
An original antique lithograph, hand colored, from the Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo (Venice, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1842). Each image shows a single knight on horseback; they are not in combat. In the upper image a knight in scale armor and a conical helmet with a nasal guard rides a gray horse, raising one hand to his helmet; he carries a long kite shaped blue shield painted with a golden lion and has a sword at his side, with a red tunic showing at the neck. Behind him rise a pale rock and, at right, the towers of a castle. In the lower image a knight in mail with a rounded helmet charges across open country with his sword raised; his blue surcoat bears a red cross on the chest, he holds a dark shield, and his horse is covered to the hocks in a long pink caparison, with low hills along the far horizon behind him.
The lettering reads "Tom. IV" at upper left, "FRANCIA" in the center and "Tav. 32" at upper right. Both images carry the same caption, "Cavaliere a Cavallo Cro:" (Mounted Crusader Knight), with the last word abbreviated on the plate.
The red cross worn on the surcoat was the sign taken by those who joined a crusade.
The two riders, one above the other, read well as a pair and suit a study, a boy's room or a collection of military and medieval prints.
Condition: Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
