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Roundel with Playing at Quintain

ca. 1500
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 10
Quintain originally was a tilting exercise in which a dummy or other target was employed by knights in training for the joust. Balance quintain was a popular variation. As seen here, a seated man held up one leg, placing his foot against the foot of a standing man; one person then tried to upend the other. By the fifteenth century, balance quintain was often played as a courting game with men and women.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Roundel with Playing at Quintain
  • Date: ca. 1500
  • Geography: Made in possibly Paris, France
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Stained
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.223.6
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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