About the Artwork
Armet
ca. 1490
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Italian
Italian
Steel
Overall: 10 1/16 × 8 3/4 × 12 3/8 inches, 7.6 pounds (25.6 × 22.2 × 31.4 cm, 3.4 kg)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation
53.203
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Provenance
by 1926, (Samuel James Whawell, London, England)
March 3, 1927, purchased by J. Lyttleton from estate sale by (Sotheby's, London, England) lot 322
by 30 Sept 1928, purchased by 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
Sotheby and Company, London, THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ARMOR, WEAPONS WORKS OF ART, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE S. J. WHAWELL, ESQ., May 3, 1927, sales catalogue, p. 60
Laking, Sir Guy Francis, A RECORD OF EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOR THROUGH SEVEN CENTURIES, London: G. Belland Sons, Ltd., 1920-22, p. 70
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Italian, Armet, ca. 1490, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.203.
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