Targe with Matchlock Pistol, 1540/50
Steel, wood, fiber weave, leather
Round Shield (Large) with matchlock breech-loading pistol. Probably made for a bodyguard of King Henry VIII of England (1509-1547)
Diameter: 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2256
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. 107 (ill.)