The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 47 (2012)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 47

"'Mon cher ami et frère d'armes': Letters from Costantino Ressman to William Riggs, Collectors of Arms and Armor in Nineteenth-Century Paris"

Carrara, Elena

2012

14 pages

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Elena Carrara

Met Art in Publication

Architectural Drawing of the Interior of the Comte de Nieuwerkerke's House, Hector-Martin Lefuel French, Pen and watercolor on paper, French, Paris — Architectural Drawing of the Interior of the Comte de Nieuwerkerke's House
Hector-Martin Lefuel
ca. 1870

Archer's Shield (Pavise), Wood, linen, pigskin, gesso, pigment, Swiss — Archer's Shield (Pavise)
15th century

Infantry Armor, Steel, leather, German, Nuremberg — Infantry Armor
ca. 1600

Fauchard of the Bodyguard of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli (1576–1633), Steel, copper, gold, silver, wood, textile, Italian — Fauchard of the Bodyguard of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli (1576–1633)
ca. 1600–1610

Helmet and Shield in the Classical Style, Bronze, silver, gold, silk, metallic yarn, French, Paris — Helmet and Shield in the Classical Style
probably ca. 1760–70

Helmet all'Antica, Filippo Negroli Italian, Steel, Italian, Milan — Helmet all'Antica
Filippo Negroli
ca. 1532–35