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Armor for the German Joust with Blunt Lances (Stechzeug)
19th century
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German
German
Steel
Overall: 42 1/8 × 30 1/8 × 16 5/16 inches (107 × 76.5 × 41.4 cm)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation
53.194
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
by 1924, (Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc.) (New York, New York, USA)
January 22, 1924, William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951] (New York, New York, USA)
1951, by descent 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
Schedelmann, Hans. "Ein Rückblick auf den Waffenmarkt des letzten halben Jahrhunderts." Waffen und Kostümkunde 15, no. 1 (1973): 25–35, pp. 29 (ill.).
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German, Armor for the German Joust with Blunt Lances (Stechzeug), 19th century, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.194.
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