Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Targe (shield) painted with the Heraldic Arms of the Haller and Imhof Patrician Families of Nuremberg

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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Targe (shield) painted with the Heraldic Arms of the Haller and Imhof Patrician Families of Nuremberg

Made in southern Germany, Germany, Europe
Probably made in Nuremberg, Germany, Europe

c. 1450, with later additions

Artist/maker unknown, German

Wood; fabric; leather; paint; brass
22 13/16 x 20 1/2 x 9 1/16 inches (58 x 52 x 23 cm) Weight: 6 pounds 5 ounces (2.88 kg)

* Gallery 246, Arms and Armor, second floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

1977-167-742

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Label

This shield was overpainted c. 1600-1700 for funerary purposes, with the coats of arms of the Haller and Imhof patrician families of Nuremberg.

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