id:			96177
accession number:	1916.1888.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1888.2
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:12.829000

Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the Garniture of Rudolf II), c. 1571. Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603). Blued, etched, and gilded steel; overall: 31.3 x 17 cm (12 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1888.2

title:				Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the Garniture of Rudolf II)
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creation date:			c. 1571
creation date earliest:		1577
creation date latest:		1577
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany, Augsburg, 16th century
technique:	blued, etched, and gilded steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

* Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 31.3 x 17 cm (12 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Imperial Armories, Vienna, Austria
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	Hastings
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	Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany
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	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
Once part of a saddle, this plate protected the rider's thigh.

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wall description:
This plate, one of two and once part of a saddle, is from tournament armor made 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. <em>R. Zschille’sche waffensammlung.</em> Mar 21-22, 1900.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 9, lot 37; Reproduced: lot 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Zschille/page/n15

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (171) 175
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n385

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 241, J43; Reproduced: Plate XLVIII, J43
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n339

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 99, 166; cat. no. 77
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 74, p. 185-186
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