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

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Exhibition Highlights




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)
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Knight, Death, and the Devil