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Partial Armor made for the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1560s; breastplate 156249 x 24 x 20 in. (124.5 x 61 x 50.8 cm)
Brunswick Armory artist
Germany
Object Type:
Arms and Armor
Medium and Support:
Etched steel, leather
Credit Line:
The Maurice and Maxine B. Forman Fund, the Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Fund, the Marie Adelaide Devine Fund and the June Alexander Memorial Fund
Accession Number:
2006.57
Location: Currently on view
Partial armor comprising a helmet, breastplate, tassets (upper thigh leg defenses), backplate and gorget (collar):
.1 helmet : H 12-1/2 x W 10-1/2 x D 16-1/4 in.
.2 collar (gorget) including sleeves: H 12-1/4 x W 24 x D 9-7/8 in.
.3 breastplate: H 18 x W 15-1/2 x D 9 in.
.4 backplate: H 16-7/8 x W 15-1/2 x D 8-1/4 in.
.5a upper (proper) left tasset: H 10 x W 10 X D 3-1/2 in.
.5b lower (proper) left tasset: H 9-1/2 x W 7-1/4 x D 3-1/2 in.
.6a upper (proper) right tasset : H 10 X W 10 X D 3-1/2 in.
.6b lower (proper) right tasset: H 9-1/4 x W 7-1/4 x D 3-1/2 in.
.1 helmet : H 12-1/2 x W 10-1/2 x D 16-1/4 in.
.2 collar (gorget) including sleeves: H 12-1/4 x W 24 x D 9-7/8 in.
.3 breastplate: H 18 x W 15-1/2 x D 9 in.
.4 backplate: H 16-7/8 x W 15-1/2 x D 8-1/4 in.
.5a upper (proper) left tasset: H 10 x W 10 X D 3-1/2 in.
.5b lower (proper) left tasset: H 9-1/2 x W 7-1/4 x D 3-1/2 in.
.6a upper (proper) right tasset : H 10 X W 10 X D 3-1/2 in.
.6b lower (proper) right tasset: H 9-1/4 x W 7-1/4 x D 3-1/2 in.
Provenance
Dukes of Brunswick, Germany; Peter Finer (dealer), London; purchased from him by the Gallery in 2007
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Renaissance Remix: Art & Imagination in 16th-century Europe 6/27/2012 - 6/26/2016
- Renaissance Impressions: 16th-Century Prints from the Kirk Edward Long Collection 11/13/2021 - 2/6/2022
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Norwood, Nancy. Article Title: Acquisition of the Month: A Renaissance Partial Armour . Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Apollo. London, England: Apollo Issue Date: February 2007. Page Number: 18-19
- Article Author: McGarvey, Kathleen. Article Title: The Knight's Tale. Article Scope: Article. Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press Issue Date: March-April 2013. Page Number: 20-21
- MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Title: Around the Galleries. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--. Issue Date: May-June 2010. Page Number: 5
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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