Front Plate of a Gorget (Neck Defense)

William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire (by 1875–88; Armour and Arms…of the Right Hon. Earl of Londesborough, Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–9, 1888, no. 139, for 31 guineas); Frédéric Spitzer, Paris (until 1895; Catalogue des Armes et Armures Faisant Partie de la Collection Spitzer sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 10–14, 1895, no. 102, for 700 (?) francs to Duseigneur); Raoul Duseigneur, Paris (from 1895); Sigismond Bardac, Paris (after 1895); Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, New York and New Jersey (until d. 1909; by descent to his heirs); Mrs. Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, New York and New Jersey (1909–d. 1948; by descent to her heirs); Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, New York and New Jersey (1948–51; his gift to MMA).

London. Alexandra Palace. "Londesborough Collection of Arms and Armour," 1875, no. 868 (probably this gorget).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor," February 6–April 16, 1911, no. 71 (lent by Mrs. Rutherfurd Stuyvesant).

Chaffers, William. Catalogue of the Londesborough Collection of Arms and Armour: with a Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Works of Art, the Property of Lord Londesborough. London: Harrison and Sons, 1875. p. 34, no. 868 (probably this gorget).

Galerie Georges Petit. Catalogue des Armes et Armures Faisant Partie de la Collection Spitzer. Paris: Galerie Georges Petit, June 10–14 1895. no. 102.

Dean, Bashford, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, February the Sixth to April the Sixteenth. New York: Gilliss Press, 1911. no. 71, pl. XXXII.

Dean, Bashford. The Collection of Arms and Armor of Rutherford Stuyvesant, 1843–1909. New York: privately printed, 1914. p. 38, no. 36, pl. XVIII.

Boccia, Lionello G. Armi e armature, nel Museo Poldi-Pezzoli. Milan, 1972. fig. 60 (a similar gorget, attributed to French or Flemish workmanship ca. 1610).

Godoy, José-A. "Quelques Jalons sur l'Influence d'Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630) dans l'Art des Armuriers." Genava (1981), p. 32, fig. 4.

Boccia, Lionello G., and José-A. Godoy. "Armeria I." In Museo Poldi Pezzoli. Vol. 5. Milan: Electa, 1985. pp.111–12, no. 254, pl. 276 (a similar back of a gorget, called Flemish ca. 1620).

Cordera, Paola. La Fabbrica del Rinascimento: Frédéric Spitzer Mercante d'Arte e Collezionista nell'Europa delle Nuove Nazioni. Bologna: Bononia University Press, 2014. p. 376, no. 1895/102.

Christie, Manson & Woods. Collection of Armour and Arms, Carvings in Ivory. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–6 and July 9–11, 1888. p. 14, no. 139.