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Right Greave, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
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Right Greave, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg

Artist (German, Augsburg, 1513–1579)
Artist (Southern Germany, Augsburg, about 1525 – 1603)
Dateabout 1552
Mediumsteel with embossed, etched, blackened and gilded decoration, with modern brass, velvet, leather and steel
Dimensions42.5 × 8 × 13 cm (16 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.), 1 lb, 7 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsAll major components are internally marked with HAM accession number in black on a white field.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.74.14
DescriptionSee 2014.74.13
ProvenancePer Stephen V. Grancsay in the Armory's 1961 catalogue, this armor was inherited from the Sachsen-Altenburg line by the Schwarzburg-Sondershauser in or after 1869. Ex collection, the Duke of Altenburg (Schloss Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany); Prince Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; Clarence H. Mackay (Harbor Hill, Roslyn, L.I., NY). Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for the estate of Clarence H. Mackay, their no. A-20-110. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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  • Exhibition Location  Gallery 206
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Left Greave, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Right Vambrace, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Right Cuisse, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Right Pauldron of Field Armor, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Right Tasset, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Right Gauntlet, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Left Pauldron of Field Armor, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Left Cuisse, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Breastplate of Field Armor, from a garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Left Tasset, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Left Gauntlet, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
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Closed Burgonet for a Field Armor, from a garniture probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552