About the Artwork
Armored Horseman (Chessman)
late 15th century
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European
Unknown
Ivory, with traces of polychromy
Overall: 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 9/16 inches (4.8 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Company
41.107
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., Inc., New York, New York, USA)
1941-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Randall, Jr., R.H. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. New York, 1993, p. 131, no. 201.
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Northern European, Armored Horseman (Chessman), late 15th century, ivory, with traces of polychromy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Company, 41.107.
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