About This Artwork

Italian, Brescia

Half Armor of a member of the Papal Swiss Guard, c. 1600 with 18th century blued and gilded decoration

Blued steel with gilding, brass, iron, leather, velvet weave
H. 48.1 cm (17 in.)
Wt. (breastplate): 4 lb. 12 oz.
Backplate: 2 lb.. 4 oz.
Left pauldron: 2 lb.. 2 oz.
Right pauldron: 2 lb. 4 oz.
Total: 11 lb. 6 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2243a-d

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Not on exhibition in Harding Museum, Nov. 1975.

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 68 (ill.)