About This Artwork

German

Halberd, c. 1500

Steel, oak
Blade L. 39.3 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Wt. 5 lb. 4 oz.
mark: shield enclosing folded hands
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2335

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. 87 (ill.)