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Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna)

Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna)

c. 1571
(German, 1525–1603)
Germany, Augsburg, 16th century
blued, etched, and gilded steel
Overall: 33 x 17.8 cm (13 x 7 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1888.1
Location: 210A Armor Court

Did You Know?

Once part of a saddle, this plate protected the rider's thigh.

Description

This plate, one of two was once part of a saddle, are from tournament armor for man and horse made for the sons of Emperor Maximilian II, archdukes Rudolf and Ernst. Most of the remaining elements of this armor are still in the collections of the Imperial Armouries in Vienna. The decorative pattern (in the imperial colors of black and gold) forms elegant knots, with distinctive foliage and hop sprigs filling the loops.
  • Imperial Armories, Vienna, Austria
    Hastings
    Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany
    ?-1916
    Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. R. Zschille’sche waffensammlung. Mar 21-22, 1900. Mentioned: p. 9, lot 37; Reproduced: lot 37 archive.org
    Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 3, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (171) 175 archive.org
    Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 241, J43; Reproduced: Plate XLVIII, J43 archive.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. pp. 99, 166; cat. no. 77
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 74, p. 185-186
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1888.1