About This Artwork

Anton Peffenhauser (Probably)
German, Augsburg

Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand, c. 1520

Steel with gilding
Overall: 28 cm (11 in.)
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2643

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. 48 (ill.)

Ownership History

Hermitage Museum, Leningrad before 1930; sold by Hal Furmage, London, 1930 to George F. Harding, Jr.; transferred to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.