About This Artwork

Italian, Venice

Poleax, 1480

Steel, wood, fabric, iron
L. 162.6 cm (64 in.)
Blade with socket L. 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Wt. 6 lb. 6 oz.
Crescent mark stamped on blade
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2814

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. 83 (ill.)