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Sharing artworks from the AIC's Arms, Armor, Medieval, and Renaissance department.
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Brandistock https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116495/
George F. Harding Collection
February 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Pair of Turning Rerebrace Plates https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116418/
George F. Harding Collection
February 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116435/
George F. Harding Collection
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Armor for Heavy Calvary (Cuirassier) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116229/
This harness represents one of the last vestiges of fully armored cavalry, known as cuirassiers, trained to charge the enemy with a lance. By the 17th century firearms dominated the battlefield. In response to this development, the armorer of this piece made the breastplate and helmet thicker to resist the impact of musket fire. The dent on the breastplate, visible under the right arm, is a "proof mark" made when the armorer fired a musket at the piece to guarantee to his client that the armor was indeed shot-proof. Remarkably, the small size and girth of this armor suggest that it was made for a teenage boy for use either in training or in actual war, perhaps to accompany his father on a military campaign. George F. Harding Collection
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Sword of Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), First Governor of Northwest Territories https://www.artic.edu/artworks/117165/
George F. Harding Collection
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Model of a Bronze Field Cannon https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106294/
George F. Harding Collection
February 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Mace https://www.artic.edu/artworks/117000/
George F. Harding Collection
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Wheellock Spanner https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116746/
George F. Harding Collection
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Wheellock Puffer (Pistol) for the Mounted Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116520/
George F. Harding Collection
February 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106279/
In the 16th century, Italian armorers produced spectacular armor garnitures for noblemen, professional officers, and bodyguards in the service of princely courts. An armor garniture consisted of many matching, interchangeable pieces that could be added or removed from basic field armor to make it suitable for different occasions. Like jousting armor, this armor for foot tourneys at the barriers—a sporting event in which knights on foot approached each other on opposite sides of a barrier—is quite specialized. It includes a close helmet that locked onto and rotated on the gorget (collar) and asymmetrical pauldrons (shoulder defenses) that provided maneuverability and protection from thrusting across the barrier. The blemish on the helmet of this armor, just above the eye slit, is the result of a glancing blow. This armor, embellished with gilded radiating bands contrasted with steel bands, as well as the Three-Quarter Armor, belonged to the Spanish Marquesses de Dos Aguas. George F. Harding Collection
February 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Colt 1878 Double-Action Frontier Sheriff's Model Revolver https://www.artic.edu/artworks/69880/
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Wielgus
February 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Burgonet https://www.artic.edu/artworks/112101/
George F. Harding Collection
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Powder Flask https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116771/
George F. Harding Collection
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116437/
George F. Harding Collection
February 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Dagger (Khanjar) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106273/
George F. Harding Collection
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Matchlock Musket https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116517/
George F. Harding Collection
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Boar Sword https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116964/
George F. Harding Collection
February 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Combined Wheel-Lock Spanner and Screwdriver https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106440/
George F. Harding Collection
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Wheellock Gun https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116504/
George F. Harding Collection
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Pair of Spurs https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116911/
George F. Harding Collection
February 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Close Helmet for the Tourney https://www.artic.edu/artworks/112088/
George F. Harding Collection
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Saint Anthony Abbot https://www.artic.edu/artworks/129756/
Trained initially as an illuminator, Fra Angelico became a Dominican friar early in his successful career as a painter. This panel was almost certainly once part of the major altarpiece that he painted shortly after 1440 for the high altar of the church of the Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence, a work commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici. Dismantled by the early 19th century, Fra Angelico’s altarpiece had as its focal point a large central panel representing the Virgin and Child with saints; below this a predella featured episodes from the lives of the Medici patrons, Saints Cosmas (Cosimo’s namesake) and Damian. At the sides, set into the uprights of the frame, were 10 separate saints standing on clouds. Saint Anthony Abbot would have been one of these; a fourth-century Egyptian hermit, the saint was considered the founder of monasticism. Bequest of Elizabeth Iglehart Blair
February 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Basket-Hilted Broadsword with Scabbard (Claymore) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/117173/
George F. Harding Collection
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Pair of Breechloading Percussion Rifled Dueling Pistols https://www.artic.edu/artworks/116702/
George F. Harding Collection
February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Close Helmet https://www.artic.edu/artworks/112081/
George F. Harding Collection
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM