Gorget

1590/1600

French

Intended to protect the neck, by the late 16th century the gorget had also become a symbol of rank, as men wore the pieces in civilian contexts as a fashionable allusion to military prowess or status. This example is painted with red and black translucent glass enamel, a rare and fragile decoration that has all but shattered off the fine interlace pattern.

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Gorget
Place: France (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1580–1620
Medium: Steel, gilding, brass, translucent enamel, and leather
Dimensions: H.: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2242
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Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 69 (ill.).

Léopold Double (1812-1881) before 1881; sold Double Collection, Paris, 31 May 1881, lot 224, ill. Possibly Sigismund Bardac, Paris. S.E. Kennedy by March 1918; sold Christie, Manson and Woods (London), 18 March 1918, lot 95, ill. George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939); transferred to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.

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