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The image depicts a man in armor with a staff. He is standing with his right hand on his hip and his left hand holding a long staff. The man is wearing detailed armor, including shoulder pads with circular elements, and is barefoot. He has a full beard and mustache and wears a cap that matches his armor. Near him on the ground is a helmet. The background is plain with an earthy tone.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Man in Armor
Swiss 16th Century
- Medium
- black chalk, pen and black ink, and gray wash heightened with white on red-orange prepared laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 28.3 x 15.7 cm (11 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2000.25.4
- Credit line
- Woodner Collection
- Time span
- 1401 to 1500
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Swiss
- Costume
- Sword
- Man
Provenance
Teodor de Wyzewa, Paris [1862 - 1917] (Lugt 2471). Jacques Auguste Boussac [b. 1885], Paris (Lugt 729b). Ian Woodner Family Collection, Inc., New York; (sale, Christie's, London, 6 July 1999, no. 215, bought in); gift to NGA, 2000.
Inscription
by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 300.; by later hand, center verso in graphite: (not deciphered) antique; by later hand, lower center verso in ink: (not deciphered) / Daniel Lindtmayr / 15(not deciphered) - 1601 / de Schaffenhausen; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: A/27 / Lindtmayr Daniel; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Zasinger / 10 / Mr M Boussac
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