Parade Shield for the Bodyguard of Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg

ca. 1595

Italian, Venice

On View

European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

Parade Shield for the Bodyguard of Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg

Parade Shield for the Bodyguard of Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg: 1 of Collection Gallery

Image Only Image + Details All Images High Resolution TIFF Metadata

About the Artwork

Please note: This section is empty
Markings

Please note: This section is empty

This section contains information about signatures, inscriptions and/or markings an object may have.
Provenance

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance is a record of an object's ownership. We are continually researching and updating this information to show a more accurate record and to ensure that this object was ethically and legally obtained.

For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Provenance page
Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest Feedback
Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest Feedback
Catalogue Raisonné

Please note: This section is empty

A catalogue raisonné is an annotated listing of artworks created by an artist across different media.
Credit Line for Reproduction

Please note: This section is empty

The credit line includes information about the object, such as the artist, title, date, and medium. Also listed is its ownership, the manner in which it was acquired, and its accession number. This information must be cited alongside the object whenever it is shown or reproduced.
Audio Transcript

Please note: This section is empty

About the Artwork

This exceptionally well-preserved shield is a paramount example of a uniquely Venetian technique called cuoridoro, or gilded leather. Its maker covered its wooden core in leather, followed by layers of metal leaf, before applying a unique formula of pigments and oil to achieve a luminous, jewel-like surface that recalls enameled goldwork. The technique’s shimmering effect and decorative floral patterns emulated luxurious leather goods that were imported from the Ottoman Empire and Persia (present-day Turkey and Iran), demonstrating the influences of the Islamic world on European art in the late 1500s.

Title Parade Shield for the Bodyguard of Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg

Artwork Date ca. 1595

Artist ----------

Life Dates ----------

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. ----------

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Italian, venice

Medium Wood, tooled leather, metal leaf, polychromy, varnish

Dimensions Overall: 24 1/2 inches (62.2 cm)

Classification Arms and Armor

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2022.5

Markings

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance

ca. 1595-1600, made for the bodyguard of Prince Bishop Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau [r. 1587–d. 1612] (Salzburg, Austria);
from 1612 until at least 1699, by descent through the archbishops of Salzburg in the Hohensalzburg arsenal.
by 1913-1964, The Armoury of the Überacker [Uiberracker or Ueberacker] Family in (Sighartstein Castle, Sigharstein, near Salzburg, Austria);
1964, by descent to Gabrielle, Grafin von Überacker [1915-1999], and Josef Graf Palffy von Erdöd (Sighartstein Castle, Sigharstein, Austria);
1999, removed by Martin Graf Palffy von Erdöd and transferred to his private residence in (Vienna, Austria);
2014, sold at auction by (Hermann Historica, Munich, Germany);
2014, private collection (United Kingdom);
2019, sold to (Peter Finer, Ltd., London, United Kingdom);
2022-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

For more information on provenance, please visit:

Provenance page

Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Catalogue Raisoneé

Please note: This section is empty

Credit Line for Reproduction

Italian, Venice, Parade Shield for the Bodyguard of Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg, ca. 1595, wood, tooled leather, metal leaf, polychromy, varnish. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, 2022.5.