Halberd

1500/40

Master B. E. (Italian)

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

Artist: Master BE, (Bernadino da Carnago?)
Title: Halberd
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
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 1490–1550
Medium: Steel and wood
Inscriptions: mark on blade: initials BE surmounted by a crown
Dimensions: H.: 241.3 cm (95 in.); Blade with socket: H.: 66.6 cm (26 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2336
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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. 87 (ill.)

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