About This Artwork

Northern Italian, Brescia (Probably)

Comb Morion, 1590/1600

Steel, brass, leather
H. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Comb H. 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Weight: 4 lbs. 4 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2192

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 32 (ill.)