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Tournament Harness for the "Neue Welsche Gestech" with Rossstirne
Lost Art-ID
577980
Artist
Peffenhauser, Anton (Plattner)
Birth
(um) 1525
Death
1603
Place of activity
Augsburg
Title
Tournament Harness for the "Neue Welsche Gestech" with Rossstirne
Dating
1560/1570 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Iron) ; Lacquer (Oil) ; Leather / etched ; gilded ; blackened
Inventory number
W 3065
Description
Tournament armor with helmet, chest, bracers, gloves, greaves, foot rails, tartsche, horse forehead, with several shields and plume sleeves, 3 breakers, a pike-pol, a saddle. Helmet lined with leather. All parts primed black, decorated. On the pike-pol and the horse forehead the coat of arms of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxony-Weimar-Altenburg is painted in oil paint technique. The bushings are etched and gilded with corncracks. The ornate brass buckles are gold plated. On the main parts of the Augsburg brand is smashed in.
Provenance
Armor: 1932 van Diemen / Margraf Group, Amsterdam (owner Jakob Oppenheimer), received in commission by Duke Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg; 1936 Duke Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg to GNM, mediated by Gustav Cramer, Berlin
Ross forehead: 1932 van Diemen / Margraf Group, Amsterdam (owner Jakob Oppenheimer), received in commission by Duke Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg; 1932 to 1935/36 whereabouts unknown; around 1935/36 Saemy Rosenberg / International Antique Trade, Amsterdam, acquired from unknown "Frenchman" (mlg.weise Jakob Oppenheimer?); 1936 Theodor Fischer, Lucerne to GNM
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Germany
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Germany
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