Dimensions:left gauntlet: H. at cuff 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); W. at cuff 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); L. 14 9/16 in. (37 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 14 oz. (845 g); right gauntlet: H. at cuff 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); W. at cuff 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); L. 14 3/16 in. (36 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 15 oz. (883 g)
Classification:Armor Parts-Gauntlets
Credit Line:Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number:14.25.899a, b
Friedrich Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany (1613–d. 1634; by descent through the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princes of Wolfenbüttel); Ludwig Rudolph, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany (until at least 1732); Albert Denison, 1st Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (until d. 1860; by descent to his son, the 1st Earl of Londesborough); Albert Denison, 1st Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (until d. 1860; by descent to his son, the 1st Earl of Londesborough); William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (1860–88; Armour and Arms . . . of the Right Hon. Earl of Londesborough, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 4–6, 9–11, 1888, no. 462, sold, for £250, to Riggs); William H. Riggs, Paris (1888–1913; his gift to MMA).
London. South Kensington Museum. "Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Medieval, Renaissance and More Recent Periods," June, 1862, no. 4626.
London. Alexandra Palace. "Londesborough Collection of Arms and Armour," 1875, no. 657.
Paris. Esplanade des Invalides. "Exposition Rétrospective Militaire du Ministère de la Guerre en 1889," May 6–October 31, 1889.
London. H. M. Tower of London. "Exhibition of Armour Made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich," May 22–September 29, 1951, no. 66.
New York. Neue Galerie. "The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 21st Century: Germany, Austria, and France," October 27, 2011–April 2, 2012, no. 52 (displayed with the Armor Made for Duke Friedrich Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel).
Beard, Charles R. "An Armourer's Receipt." The Connoisseur 77 p. 18.
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Thoumas, Charles-Antoine. Exposition Rétrospective Militaire du Ministère de la Guerre en 1889. Paris: H. Launette et Cie., G. Boudet successeur, 1890. pl. opposite p. 34.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles A. de Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. IV. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920–1922. pp. 17, 55, fig. 1133.
Bohlmann, Robert. "Ein Prunkharnisch des Herzogs Christian von Braunschweig." Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen– und Kostümkunde, Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 11, n.s.v. 2 pp. 232–36.
Cripps-Day, Francis Henry, and Charles R. Beard. "Noch einmal der Prunkharnisch des Herzogs Christian von Braunschweig." Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen– und Kostümkunde, Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 11, n.s.v. 2 pp. 280–84.
Grancsay, Stephen V. "Swords from the Dresden Armory." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (February 1929), pp. 96–97, figs. 17–18 (misidentified as gauntlets for an armor having belonged to Sir Christopher Hatton).
Dean, Bashford, and Robert T. Nichol. Handbook of Arms and Armor : European and Oriental, edited by Stephen V. Grancsay. 4th ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 1930. p. 142, fig. 89 (top right).
Tower of London Armouries. Exhibition of Armour Made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich, 22nd May–29th September, 1951. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1951. pp. 40–41, no. 66.
Comini, Alessandra. The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20h Century: Germany, Austria, and France. Munich: Prestel, 2011. pp. 73, 189, fig. 12.
Pyhrr, Stuart W. "Arms and Armor." In The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20h Century: Germany, Austria, and France. Munich: Prestel, 2011. pp. 73, 189, fig. 12.
Southwick, Leslie. "William and John Pickering and the Garniture Made for the Prince of Brunswick Under their Supervision at the Royal ‘Almain’ Armoury at Greenwich, 1610 to 1612." Arms & Armour pp. 128–171, fig. 3.
Southwick, Leslie. "The Greenwich Armour of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, and others presented to and commissioned by the Prince between 1604 and 1612." Park Lane Arms Fair (Spring 2016), pp. 41, fig. 15.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Collection of Armour and Arms, Carvings in Ivory. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–6 and July 9–11, 1888. p. 39, no. 462.
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