Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
Titles: | Round Shield (Rondache) |
Date: | c. 1560 |
Artists: | Attributed to the armorer Wolfgang Groszschedel (German (active Greenwich, England and Landshut, Bavaria), first documented 1517/18, Landshut from 1521, died 1562) Possibly in collaboration with the armorer Franz Groszschedel (German (Landshut), active c. 1555–1580) Thought to have been made for Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564, ruled 1558 - 1564) |
Medium: | Iron alloy (steel), embossed, etched, and partially blackened; leather; velvet; horsehair |
Dimensions: | 4 5/16 × 22 1/4 inches (11 × 56.5 cm) Weight: 11.3 lb. (5.11 kg) |
Classification: | Arms and Armor |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
Accession Number: | 1977-167-765 |
Geography: | Made in Landshut, Germany, Europe |
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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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