Pauldron and Vambrace

Description This right pauldron (shoulder defense) and vambrace (arm defense) are finely etched with bands enclosing mythological figures, animals, and birds; alternate areas of the background are blackened and gilded. Both pieces are embossed with a lion mask.

Provenance Sir Guy Francis Laking (1875-1919), London; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 6, 1924, no. 282; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924