About the Artwork
Right Spaulder (shoulder defense)
ca. 1520
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German
German
Steel, leather
Overall: 9 × 7 × 4 3/16 inches, 1.1 pounds (22.9 × 17.8 × 10.6 cm, 0.5 kg)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker
56.124.5A
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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stamped, on outer edge of top lame, one of the marks of Nuremberg [the coat of arms of Nuremberg: a shield, divided, with an imperial eagle and five bends] stamped, on the inner edge of the top lame, one of the marks of Nuremberg [an “N”]
Provenance
until 1951, William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle (Llantwitt Major, Wales). from 1951, the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, England)
1956-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA).
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Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 3 (1956-57): p. 69 (ill.).
Pignataro, Megan Reddicks, Livingston Bailin, and Chassica Kirchhoff. “Divesting and Dismembering.” Bulletin of the DIA 97, no. 1 (2023): pp. 66–83.
Brenker, Fabian. “Die Anbringung von Meistermarken und Beschauzeichen innen und außen an Harnischen.” Waffen- und Kostümkunde 65, no. 2 (Autumn 2023): pp. 119-150, p. 135.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
German (Nuremberg); Austrian, Right Spaulder (shoulder defense), ca. 1520, steel, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker, 56.124.5A.
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