Details
| Artist | Italian |
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| Artist | possibly Master Christoforo |
| Title |
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| Date | 1450/1460 |
| Medium | Steel |
| Dimensions | Overall: 10 1/4 × 7 5/8 × 9 11/16 inches, 5.4 pounds (26 × 19.4 × 24.6 cm, 2.4 kg) |
| Credit Line | Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation |
| Accession Number | 53.204 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | stamped on the back of the barbute: armorer's mark "XPO," probably refers to a Christoforo stamped on left cheek: remnants of the Venetian arsenal mark (half lion with an open book) |
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Provenance
By 1939, William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951] (New York, New York, USA);
1951, bequeathed to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA);
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1951, bequeathed to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA);
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
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
