Shield

Unknown

ca. 1600 · Wood, leather, gesso, polychromy, gold, silver foil · Arms and Armor

This is one of a large group of shields decorated in a Middle Eastern style and thought to have been made for the bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, prince-archbishop of Salzburg (reigned 1587–1612).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Wood, leather, gesso, polychromy, gold, silver foil

Culture

Italian, probably Venice

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942