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Title:Backplate
Date:ca. 1480
Culture:Italian
Medium:Steel
Dimensions:H. 14 1/2 in. (37cm); W. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); D. 5 in. (12.8 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1571 g)
Classification:Armor Parts-Backplates
Credit Line:Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928
Accession Number:29.150.68
Baron Johann Heinrich Menu von Minutoli, (until d. 1846; his estate sale, Einer Sammlung von Antiken Kunstgegeständen aus dem Nachlasse des Orientalischen Reisenden Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli, T. O. Weigel, Leipzig, May 31, 1858, no. 1629); Charles Thomas Daniell Crews, Billingbear Park, Wokingham, Berkshire, England (until d. 1914; his estate sale, The Collection of Decorative Furniture, Objects of Art, Armour and Arms, and Eastern Rugs formed by C.T.D. Crews, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 6, 1915, no. 143, sold, for £168, to Laking); Sir Guy Francis Laking, London (1915–d. 1919; his estate sale, The Collection of Arms and Armour and Objects of Art formed by Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, April 19, 1920, no. 281, sold, for £300, to Dean); Bashford Dean, New York (1920–d. 1928; his bequest to MMA).
Katonah, N.Y. Katonah Museum of Art. "Love and Courtship in the Middle Ages," October 2, 2005–January 1, 2006.
Den franske Utstilling. Kristiania (Oslo), Norway: Kunstnerforbundet, 1918.
T. O. Weigel. Catalog einer Sammlung von antiken Kunstgegenständen aus dem Nachlasse des orientalischen Reisenden Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli, Königl. Preuss. General-Lieutenant. Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, May 31, 1858. no. 1629, pl. III (line drawing).
Christie, Manson & Woods. Catalogue of the Collection of Decorative Furniture, Objects of Art, Armour and Arms and Eastern Rugs. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 6, 1915. p. 17, no. 143.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Catalogue of The Collection of Arms and Armour and Objects of Art Formed by Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, April 19–22, 1920. no. 281.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Stephen V. Grancsay, and Carl Otto von Kienbusch. The Bashford Dean Collection of Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Portland, ME: Southworth Press for the Armor and Arms Club of New York City, 1933. p. 141, no. 59, pl. XXXV.
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