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The Art of Arms and Armor: Challenges of Research, Display, and Education

As part of a special Sunday at the Met program held in conjunction with the exhibition Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department, Dirk H. Breiding, Assistant Curator, discusses challenges faced by the Arms and Armor Department, including widespread misconceptions and the difficulties of displaying weapons and armor that were rarely intended to be viewed in a museum.

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Video/Audio (6)

Dressing in Steel: Part One
(00:37:39) 690 views

Dressing in Steel: Part Two
(00:20:04) 280 views

A Visit to the Armor Galleries
(00:30:21) 4364 views

Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department, 1904–1929
(00:30:12) 227 views

The Art of Arms and Armor: Challenges of Research, Display, and Education
(00:33:09) 321 views

Curators, Collectors, and Dealers: The Growth of the Arms and Armor Collection, 1929 to the Present
(00:36:37) 208 views

Gauntlet

Wolfgang Grosschedel (German, Landshut, active ca. 1517–62)

Armorer:: Franz Grosschedel (German, Landshut, recorded 1555–79)
Date:: 1554
Culture:: German, Landshut
Medium:: Steel, etched and gilt; leather
Dimensions:: Length 8 in. ( 20.32 cm) Width 4 in. ( 10.16 cm)
Classification:: Armor Parts
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1922
Accession Number:: 22.147.6

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Description

These gauntlets belong to a large garniture made in 1554 for the future Philip II of Spain (reigned 1556–98) by the leading armorers of Landshut, Wolfgang Grosschedel (recorded 1517–1562) and his son Franz (recorded 1555–1579). The elements of Philip's armor are distinguished by their decoration of stylized cloud bands.
Provenance

Ex coll.: Meyrick (Brassy)
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Who
Wolfgang Grosschedel (7)

Franz Grosschedel (5)
What
Metal (59,364)

Costume (41,678)

Etching (24,892)

Gilt (9,043)

Iron and iron alloy (6,952)

Leather (5,761)

Iron alloy (3,389)

Steel (3,119)

Armor (2,071)

Gloves (718)

Gauntlets (163)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Germany (15,865)

Bavaria (988)

Landshut (9)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,084)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.

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