Left Greave and Sabaton

1540/50

Attributed to Wolfgang Grosschedel
(German, 1517-1562) Landshut

A fine example of the armor’s art, this sabaton (foot defense) follows period style in its broad, square toe. This piece is thought to have belonged to an armor made for the German duke William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg that now survives only in fragments scattered across several collections.

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

Artist: Wolfgang Grosschedel
Title: Left Greave and Sabaton
Place: Landshut (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 1540–1550
Medium: Steel and gilding
Dimensions: H: 81.3 cm (32 in.) Wt: 2.5 lb.
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2695
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Publications:
Marina Belozerskaya, Luxury Arts of the Renaissance, Los Angeles, 2005, p. 179, fig. IV-47
Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago”, Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995, p. 71 (det.).
Suzanne Kathleen Karr Schmidt, Altered and Adorned: Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life, Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, New Haven, c 2011, p. 21, p. 23 (ill.).

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Exhibition History:
1931. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1959-61. The Art Institute of Chicago, Armor from the Harding Museum.
1982-2004. The Art Institute of Chicago, gallery 141 (Gunsaulus Hall).
2011. The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. Altered and Adorned, gallery 125 (Prints and Drawings).

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.

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