The Backplate of a Suit of Parade Armor

Étienne Delaunec. 1557

Details

Title: The Backplate of a Suit of Parade Armor
Creator: Etienne Delaune
Date Created: c. 1557
Physical Dimensions: overall (approximate): 39 x 30.8 cm (15 3/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Provenance: Chevalier de Kirschbaum; Hippolyte-Alexandre-Gabriel-Walter Destailleur [1822-1893] (Lugt 740), Paris (his sale Paris, Morgaud, 26-27 May 1893, lot 7--volume consisting of 97 folios to Beurdeley for 11,550 fr.); Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris (his sale Paris, Rahir, 31 May 1920, lot 123); H. Grosjean-Maupin (his sale, 26 May 1958, lot 43) (sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 March 1989, lot 12); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1991.
Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash and faint traces of black chalk on laid paper

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