Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand, by Kolman Helmschmid, 1524 with some restoration
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Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand

Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1471–1532; Etching attributed to Daniel Hopfer ; German, Augsburg, 1471–1536)

1524 with some restoration

Medium
Steel, leather, and brass
Classification
Armor
Dimensions
24.2 × 14.7 × 10.8 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Culture
Augsburg
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
Credit line
George F. Harding Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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