About the Artwork
Barbut
between 1450 and 1460
(Artist) Italian Master Christoforo (Artist)
Steel
Overall: 10 1/4 × 7 5/8 × 9 11/16 inches, 5.4 pounds (26 × 19.4 × 24.6 cm, 2.4 kg)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
53.204
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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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)
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)
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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
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Italian; possibly Master Christoforo, Barbut, between 1450 and 1460, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.204.
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