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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 30 (1995)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 30

"The Seven Shields of Behaim: New Evidence"

Nickel, Helmut
1995
23 pages
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Helmut Nickel

Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe), Wood, leather, linen, gesso, pigments, silver, German
German
ca. 1450
Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe), Wood, canvas, leather, gesso, silver, polychromy, iron, German
German
15th century
possibly Bohemian
ca. 1475–1500
German, Nuremberg
ca. 1450
Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe), Wood, leather, linen, gesso, silver, polychromy, iron, German
German
ca. 1450–1500
Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe), Wood, leather, silver, gesso, polychromy, iron, German
German
ca. 1450–1500
Shield, Wood, iron, gesso, polychrome, pigskin, silver leaf, German, Nuremberg
German, Nuremberg
ca. 1450
Door Mount, Iron, French
French
possibly 11th century