‡Ⓦ FOUR FINELY MODELLED MINIATURE ARMOURS IN 14TH AND 15TH CENTURY STYLE^ 20TH CENTURY


‡Ⓦ FOUR FINELY MODELLED MINIATURE ARMOURS IN 14TH AND 15TH CENTURY STYLE^ 20TH CENTURY¦each of partially articulated plates^ on a finely modelled kid-covered dummy with well modelled face^ on a wooden stand^ the first modelled on the effigy of Sir John Foxley (d.1378)^ complete with bascinet and additional crested great helm; the second modelled on that of Giovanni Cose (d. 1418^ Churburg nos. 18 & 22); the third based on that of Count Galeazzo of Arco (circa 1450^ Churburrg no. 21) and the last on that in the Metropolitan Museum of Art^ New York (circa 1400-50 and later^ acc. No. 29.154.3.)¦each approximately 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 high¦(4)¦¦Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection¦¦Provenance¦Henk Visser (1923-2006)¦Thence by descent¦¦¦


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