About This Artwork

German, Saxony

Jousting Sallet (Rennhut) with Buffe, c. 1570/90

Steel, iron, brass, leather
H. 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Wt. 12 lb. 4 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2226

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. 44 (ill.)