About This Artwork
Wolfgang Grosschedel (possibly)
German, Augsburg, active c.1521-1563
Left Greave with Sabaton and Spur1550
Steel with gilding
H. 81.3 cm (32 in.)
Weight: 2.5 lbs.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2695
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
1931. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1959-61. The Art Institute of Chicago
Publication History
Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 71 (ill.).
Ownership History
Wilhelm V. (d. 1592), Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg by 1592. George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939); transferred to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.