Armor for the German Joust with Blunt Lances (Stechzeug), 19th century

  • German

Steel

  • Overall: 42 1/8 × 30 1/8 × 16 5/16 inches (107 × 76.5 × 41.4 cm)

Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation

53.194

by 1924, (Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc.) (New York, New York, USA)

January 22, 1924, William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951] (New York, New York, USA)

1951, by descent to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA)

1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Robinson, Francis W. "A Gift of Arms and Armor from the Collection of William Randolph Hearst," Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 33, no. 1, 1953-54, pp. 1-5 Schedelmann, Hans. "Ein Rückblick auf den Waffenmarkt des letzten halben Jahrhunderts." Waffen und Kostümkunde 15, no. 1 (1973): 25–35, pp. 29 (ill.).

German, Armor for the German Joust with Blunt Lances (Stechzeug), 19th century, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.194.