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The Art Institute of Chicago — public domain (CC0). George F. Harding Collection Source

44 Lot

Northern Italian, Milan

Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers

Date: c. 1575
Medium: Steel with gilding, brass, leather, velvet weave, and lace
Dimensions: H. 96.5 cm (38 in.) Wt: 38 lb. 13 oz.
Inscription: Struck with an armourer's mark on the breastplate
Department: Arms & Armour

Estimate £1,200,000 – 1,800,000

Offered in Old Masters, Antiquities & Arms, 27 September 2026

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A Under raking light

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Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers

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Relief

Derived from this photograph by shape-from-shading, as a reading aid. A measured relief map requires photometric stereo and accompanies the full condition report.

B Catalogue note

Provenance

A princely armoury, Southern Germany
Private collection, Vienna
Acquired by the present owner, 1988

Exhibited

Vienna, exhibition of Renaissance armour, 1974

Literature

Compared with examples in the Imperial Armoury, Vienna

Condition

Etched and gilt throughout, the gilding substantially preserved. Some replacement leathers, as usual. An independent armourer's report accompanies the lot.

This is a summary. A full written condition report, with raking-light and ultraviolet photography, is issued on request and forms part of the description.

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