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Arms and Armor

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Medieval Art

Date: 1560 Accession Number: 27.160.1–.8

Elements of an Armor Garniture

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at the royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608)

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at the royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608) Date: 1586 Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y; 36.98.1

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), 
Third Earl of Cumberland

Date: ca. 1620–30 Accession Number: 14.25.694a–d, g, i, j

Portions of an Armor Garniture

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at the royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608) Date: 1586 Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y

Date: ca. 1752–1753 Accession Number: 64.142.33

Beaker (part of a garniture)

Date: 700s Accession Number: 17.190.1679

Gold Belt-Hole Guard

Date: ca. 1752–1753 Accession Number: 64.142.34

Date: third quarter 18th century Accession Number: 1979.310.13c

Garniture or papillon

Jörg Sorg the Younger (German, Augsburg, ca. 1522–1603)

Jörg Sorg the Younger (German, Augsburg, ca. 1522–1603) Date: ca. 1550–55, some etched decoration, 19th century Accession Number: 04.3.280

Anton Peffenhauser (German, Augsburg, 1525–1603)

Anton Peffenhauser (German, Augsburg, 1525–1603) Date: 1582 Accession Number: 38.163.1a–d

Elements from a Garniture Made for Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591)

Date: ca. 1752–1753 Accession Number: 64.142.32

Vase (part of a garniture)

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

Attributed to Wolfgang Grosschedel (German, Landshut, active ca. 1517–62) Date: ca. 1555–60 Accession Number: 32.109.1–.6

Jörg Sorg the Younger (German, Augsburg, ca. 1522–1603) Date: ca. 1550–55, some etched decoration, 19th century Accession Number: 04.3.282

Date: 1565 Accession Number: 38.163.2a–d

Elements of an Armor Garniture Made for Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Comte de Damville and Constable of France

Design of the decoration attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)

Design of the decoration attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London) Date: dated 1527 Accession Number: 19.131.1a–r, t–w, .2a–f, l

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Date: mid-18th century Accession Number: 29.43.1

Garniture

Date: 17th century Accession Number: 36.130.36

Jörg Sorg the Younger (German, Augsburg, ca. 1522–1603) Date: ca. 1550–55, some etched decoration, 19th century Accession Number: 04.3.280, .282; 23.58; 26.234.3

Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)

Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567) Date: ca. 1555; probably repainted and shaffron eye guards restored later Accession Number: 14.25.854–.856, .865, .881a, b; 21.42

Portions of an Armor Garniture for Field and Tournament Made for Duke Nikolaus "The Black" Radziwill (1515–1565), Duke of Nesvizh and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania

Date: 18th century Accession Number: 36.130.41

Date: ca. 1752–1753 Accession Number: 64.142.32–.34

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