An Extremely Rare North Italian Arquebusier's Auxiliary Armament Saber, ca. 1510-15

fernando · 1st May 2012, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Matchlock

Thank you very much, Samuel,

The battle of Pavia took place in 1525, the painting is dated 1529 and signed by the artist Rupprecht Heller, nothing about whom is known further.

Actually I borrowed a professional slide (cost me more than 300 euro ...!!!) of this painting from the Stockholm Museum where it is kept and had scene prints done, plus a huge size poster of the whole painting but I cannot put this on the scanner ...

I attach more details though scanned from a smaller sized scene print of the group of arquebusiers in the foreground.

Best as I could do,
Michael

Fascinating. Thanks a lot for sharing

cornelistromp · 21st May 2012, 01:40 PM

Circle/School of Federico Zuccaro
1557-1609
A Swiss Halberdier, standing slightly to right, and a separate study of his left hand and of the halberdier
Red chalk, on two sheets conjoined.

this corresponds to the earliest known thumbring in Art.
the first illustration with this type of thumb ring known, published by A.V.B. Norman, is in the portrait of Melchior Hornlocher by Hans Bock I, dated 1577 (Basle oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, inv NR 80).

best,

21st May 2012, 01:40 PM	#2
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,064	Circle/School of Federico Zuccaro 1557-1609 A Swiss Halberdier, standing slightly to right, and a separate study of his left hand and of the halberdier Red chalk, on two sheets conjoined. this corresponds to the earliest known thumbring in Art. the first illustration with this type of thumb ring known, published by A.V.B. Norman, is in the portrait of Melchior Hornlocher by Hans Bock I, dated 1577 (Basle oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, inv NR 80). best, Attached Images