{ "core": { "objectID": 111630, "objectNumber": "53.193.9B", "primaryTitle": "Left Cuisse (Thigh Defense) with attached Poleyn (Knee Defense)", "objectName": "cuisses", "dated": "ca. 1480", "classification": "Arms and Armor", "department": "European Sculpture and Dec Arts", "medium": "steel, copper alloy, leather", "dimensions": "Overall (Cuisse (53.193.9B) Proper Left): 23 13/16 × 7 9/16 × 8 1/8 inches (60.5 × 19.2 × 20.6 cm)" }, "provenance": { "creditLine": "Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation ", "provenance": "By 1869, Princes Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Schloss Sigmaringen (Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany);\r\n1929, sold to (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc.) (New York, New York, USA);\r\n1930, sold to William Randolph Hearst (Los Angeles, California, USA);\r\n1951, bequeathed to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA);\r\n1953–present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)\r\nWilliam Randolph Hearst Foundation (by 1951);\r\nDetroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation", "signed": "", "inscribed": "", "markings": "Stamped on poleyn wing: maker’s mark of Lorenz Helmschmid [a helm for the Joust of Peace, crested with a cross]\r\n\r\nStamped on the poleyn wing: inspection mark of Augsburg armorers’ guild [a fir cone upon a pedestal]" }, "creators": [ { "displayName": "Lorenz Helmschmid", "role": "Artist", "nationality": "German", "bio": "German, active 1467 - 1515/16" } ], "rights": [ { "type": "Public Domain", "copyright": "", "creditLineRepro": "Lorenz Helmschmid, Left Cuisse (Thigh Defense) with attached Poleyn (Knee Defense), ca. 1480, steel, copper alloy, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.193.9B." } ], "media": { "primary": { "filename": "53.193.9B-N1.tif", "width": 3226, "height": 3881, "shareURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/fg8isa4yyr/jpeg/53.193.9B-N1.jpeg?h=2000&keep=c&crop=yes&color=cccccc&quality=80&u=u3bnol", "originalURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/fg8isa4yyr/original/53.193.9B-N1.tif?u=u3bnol&download=true" } }, "terms": [ { "name": "edging and surfacing patterns", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "Gothic (Medieval)", "type": "styles and periods" }, { "name": "steel", "type": "material" }, { "name": "leather", "type": "material" }, { "name": "copper alloy", "type": "material" }, { "name": "cuisses", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "Rennzeug", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "armor", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "Augsburg", "type": "creation" }, { "name": "Hohenzollern", "type": "collected at" } ], "source": { "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts", "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/111630" } }