By 1869, Princes Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Schloss Sigmaringen (Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

1929, sold to (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc.) (New York, New York, USA)

1930, sold to William Randolph Hearst (Los Angeles, California, 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) William Randolph Hearst Foundation (by 1951)

Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation

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Lorenz Helmschmid, Left Pauldron (shoulder guard), ca. 1480, steel, copper alloy, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.193.5B.