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Source Description
This right pauldron (shoulder defense) and vambrace (arm defense) are finely etched with bands enclosing mythological figures, animals, and birds; alternate areas of the background are blackened and gilded. Both pieces are embossed with a lion mask.
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Document identity
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27904
label
Pauldron and Vambrace
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obj
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Source metadata
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27904
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Pauldron and Vambrace
description
This right pauldron (shoulder defense) and vambrace (arm defense) are finely etched with bands enclosing mythological figures, animals, and birds; alternate areas of the background are blackened and gilded. Both pieces are embossed with a lion mask.
provenance
Sir Guy Francis Laking (1875-1919), London; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 6, 1924, no. 282; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1580 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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pauldrons
vambraces
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9
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import
dimensionsRaw
25 5/16 in. (64.3 cm)
Source extras
med
gilded, etched, and embossed steel, leather
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33562
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ARM
BAR
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none
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