About This Artwork

Jacob Halder
English, Greenwich, active c. 1590

Portions of an Armor for Field and Tilt, c. 1590

Steel with gilding, iron, brass, leather
H. 61 cm (24 in.)
Wt. 39 lb. 10 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2241a-h

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Exhibited at the exhibition of Armour made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich; Tower of London, May 22 to Sept. 29, 1951.
On Exhibition Harding Museum Nov. 28, 1975.

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 65 (ill.)

Ownership History

Duke Viktor von Ratibor, castle at Grafenegg; sold Fischer sale, Lucerne, September 2, 1933 to George F. Harding, Jr.; transferred to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.