The Cleveland Museum of Art Special Exhibitions Arms and Armor From Imperial Austria

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Arms and Armor From Imperial Austria | Exhibition Highlights

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Image of <b><i>Black-and-white Three-quarter Armor for a Nobleman, </i></b>about 1550<br />Steel and leather <br /><b>Michael Witz the Younger</b> <br />(active Austria, Innsbruck, 15251565) <br />Lent by the StyrianMuseumJoanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. 1414

Black-and-white Three-quarter Armor for a Nobleman
Image of <b><i>Armor for the Tilt </i></b><b>(Plankengestech),<i> </i></b><br />157080 <br />Steel and leather <br />South Germany, Augsburg <br />Lent by the Styrian Museum Joanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. 1903

Armor for the Tilt (Plankengestech),

Image of <b><i>Field Armor of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, </i></b>about 1565<br />Steel, leather, and brass <br /><b>Conrad Richter </b> <br />(German, active Augsburg, 1520-1570) <br />Lent by the Styrian Museum Joanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. 1856

Field Armor of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria
Image of <b><i>Three-quarter Armor for Heavy Cavalry (Cuirassiers Armor), </i></b>about 1600-1635<br />Steel, brass, and leather <br /><b>Hans Prenner? </b> <br />(Austrian, active Graz, died 1645) <br />Lent by the Styrian Museum Joanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. A 2575

Three-quarter Armor for Heavy Calvary (Cuirassier's Armor)
Image of <b><i>Elements from the Great Garniture of Baron Kaspar Všls-Schenkenberg,</i></b> 1560<br />Steel with etching, brass rivets, and leather <br /><b>Michael Witz the Younger</b> <br />(active Austria, Innsbruck, 1525-1565) <br />Lent by the Styrian Museum Joanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. 1415, 1416, 1417

Elements from the Great Garniture of Baron Kaspar Völs-Schenkenberg
Image of From L to R: <b><i>Halberd</i></b>, late 1500s. (Steel, ash, leather, and velvet); <b><i>Boar Spear</i></b>, 1573. (Steel, wood, leaather, and flex(?); <b><i>Halberd</i></b>, late 1500s. (Steel, wood, leather, and velvet); <b><i>Halberd</i></b>, late 1500s. (Steel, wood, and velvet). Lent by the Styrian Museum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. St. 2695, St. 2698.

Three Halberds and a Boar Spear
Image of <b><i>Morion, </i></b>about 1575<br />Etched and blackened steel <br /><b>Master MR [Martin Rotschmied, </b> <br /><b>Michael Roth, </b>or<b> Martin Rotschuch]</b> <br />(active Germany, Nuremberg) <br />Lent by the Styrian Museum Joanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. 1280

Morion
Image of <b><i>Portrait of Emperor Charles V as Ruler of the World, </i></b>1604<br />Oil on canvas <br /><b>Peter Paul Rubens</b> <br />(Flanders, active Antwerp, 15771640)

Portrait of Emperor Charles V as Ruler of the World
Image of <b><i>Knight, Death, and the Devil, </i></b>1513<br />Engraving <br /><b>Albrecht Dürer </b> <br />(German, 1471-1528) <br />

Knight, Death, and the Devil

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