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Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)

Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)

c.1485–1500
(Italian, 1416/17–1495/96)
Overall: 21.5 x 25.2 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Did You Know?

A pauldron is a component of plate armor that covers the shoulder and often the armpit, and parts of the back and chest as well.

Description

When the elements that made up a suit of armor had been forged, shaped, and polished, they were inspected for fit and finish. At this stage the master armorer would use a punch to stamp each element with his maker's mark. Other associated marks might include a town or guild mark, depending on the city of origin. The set of three marks shown here are of a type known to be Milanese. The upper mark seems to show three letters beneath a crown, while the mark below, twice repeated, is a split cross with the letters inside. These probably refer to the Missaglias.
  • Franz Thill (d. 1903), Vienna, Austria
    -1916
    Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, John Long Severance, Elizabeth Huntington De Witt Severance, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. 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. A1
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. cat. no. 24, p. 163
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. p. 59, 183, cat. no. 12
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
  • {{cite web|title=Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)|url=false|author=Antonio Missaglia|year=c.1485–1500|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.2080.2