About This Artwork

German, Augsburg

Reinforcing Buffe with Tilting Targe in the German Manner, 1560

Steel
H. 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.)
Weight: Buffe: 2 lbs. 15 oz.
Targe: 5 lbs. 10 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2223a-b

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 45 (ill.)