About This Artwork

English

Targe with Matchlock Pistol, 1540/50

Steel, wood, fiber weave, leather
Diameter 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Wt. 10 lb. 9 oz.
Caliber .56
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2256

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.)