Left Spaulder (shoulder defense), ca. 1520

  • German

Steel, leather

  • Overall: 9 × 6 9/16 × 4 1/2 inches, 1.1 pounds (22.9 × 16.7 × 11.4 cm, 0.5 kg)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker

56.124.5B

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

until 1951, William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle (Llantwitt Major, Wales). from 1951, the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, England)

1956-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA).

Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 3 (1956-57): p. 69 (ill.). Pignataro, Megan Reddicks, Livingston Bailin, and Chassica Kirchhoff. “Divesting and Dismembering.” Bulletin of the DIA 97, no. 1 (2023): pp. 66–83. Brenker, Fabian. “Die Anbringung von Meistermarken und Beschauzeichen innen und außen an Harnischen.” Waffen- und Kostümkunde 65, no. 2 (Autumn 2023): pp. 119-150, p. 135.

German (Nuremberg); Austrian, Left Spaulder (shoulder defense), ca. 1520, steel, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker, 56.124.5B.