
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Left Greave and Sabaton
Wolfgang Grosschedel · 1540/50
Provenance
Ownership history
- Wilhelm V. (d. 1592), Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg by 1592. George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939); transferred to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Exhibition History:
- 1931. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- 1959-61. The Art Institute of Chicago, Armor from the Harding Museum.
- 1982-2004. The Art Institute of Chicago, gallery 141 (Gunsaulus Hall).
- 2011. The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. Altered and Adorned, gallery 125 (Prints and Drawings).
Literature
Published references
- Publications:
- Marina Belozerskaya, Luxury Arts of the Renaissance, Los Angeles, 2005, p. 179, fig. IV-47
- Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago", Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995, p. 71 (det.).
- Suzanne Kathleen Karr Schmidt, Altered and Adorned: Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life, Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, New Haven, c 2011, p. 21, p. 23 (ill.).
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