Lot 174*
A Fine German Breast-PlateCirca 1550, Probably Augsburg And Almost Certainly Etched By Ulrich Holzmann
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,437.50 inc. premium
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A Fine German Breast-Plate
Circa 1550, Probably Augsburg And Almost Certainly Etched By Ulrich Holzmann
Circa 1550, Probably Augsburg And Almost Certainly Etched By Ulrich Holzmann
Of bellied form, with low medial ridge etched with a tapering band of symmetrical foliate scrollwork, upper edge prominently turned and roped above a broad band of etched symmetrical foliate scrollwork en suite and a slender curved flute, the latter and the armholes bordered by lightly etched scrollwork, the lower edges bordered by etched ropework, flanged lower-plate secured by leathers on dome-headed rivets and carrying a skirt of two articulated lames and all etched en suite, the lower lame with turned and roped arch over the crotch, and dome-headed rivets throughout
54 cm. high
54 cm. high
Footnotes
The etched decoration is comparable to that found on an armour made for Philip II (r. 1556-1598) in Augsburg by Desiderius Helmschmid in 1546 and etched by Ulrich Holzmann. The armour in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (A547) and other parts belonging to the garniture are in other museum collections including a pair of gauntlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 14.25.901 a & b)
