Reinforcing Buffe with Tilting Targe in the German Manner, 1560
Steel
A Buffe with Tilting Targe is a two-piece device which is bolted to the armor for a joust with lances over a fence (tilt). It gave additional protection on the left side, most vulnerable to the opponent's lance. At the same time this cross-barred targe helped to score a hit by preventing the lance from sliding
Height: 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
Weight: Buffe: 2 lbs. 15 oz.;
Targe: 5 lbs. 10 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2223a-b
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
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. 45 (ill.)