Maximilian Armor, c. 1525

  • German

Steel

  • Height: 70 in. 177.8 cm

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker

56.123

Armor: In 1931, (Theodore Fischer)(Lucerne, Switzerland)

August 25, 1931, purchased by William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle, (Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK)

1951, by descent to the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, UK)

1956, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Helmet: Until 1923, Collection of Mariano Téllez-Giron y Beaufort-Spontin, Duke of Osuna and Infantado, Schloss Beauraing (Dinant, Belgium)

April 30, 1923, purchased by William Randolph Hearst (New York, New York, USA)

After 1925, transferred to Hearst's residence at Saint Donat's Castle, (Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK)

1951, by descent to the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, UK)

1956, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Artmobile #2 Exhibition: MEDIEVAL TREASURES, September 15, 1964 - February 28, 1965 (no catalogue) Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 3, 1956-57, p. 69 (ill) B. Gallagher, "William Randolph Hearst and the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 78, nos. 1/2 (2004), pp. 60-61, fig. 8 (ill), 65

German, Maximilian Armor, c. 1525, Steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker, 56.123.