About the Artwork
A vamplate is a funnel-shaped plate made to encircle the shaft of a wooden lance, guarding its owner's right hand as it gripped and aimed the weapon in battle or mock combat like jousts and tournaments. This vamplate matches sets of jousting armor made by the armorer Anton Peffenhauser and his workshop for Christian I, Prince-Elector of Saxony, around 1588 and preserved in Dresden, Germany.
Vamplate
ca. 1588
Anton Peffenhauser
Augsburg
German
Unknown
Etched and gilt steel, brass (copper alloy)
Overall: 11 × 4 3/16 inches (27.9 × 10.6 cm)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation
53.208
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Until 1951, 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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F. W. Robinson, "A Gift of Arms and Armor from the Collection of William Randolph Hearst," Bulletin of the DIA 33, no. 1 (1953-1954), pp. 1-5
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workshop of Anton Peffenhauser, Vamplate, ca. 1588, etched and gilt steel, brass (copper alloy). Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.208.
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