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Saddle (selle) (Back)

Saddle (selle) (Back)
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Left side

Front

Left side

Right side

Side 2

Top

Bottom

Right side

Left side

Top

Subject
Religious. Secular.

Repository Institution
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London, Wallace Collection

A407

Stag's horn;wood;wax;leather;birch bark.

Weight: 3.19 kg

Left side: hybrid; saint George and the dragon; hand holding a blank scroll.
Right side: hand holding a blank scroll; standing princess.
Foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2009: German, c. 1440-1480.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Engraved on both sides.

Provenance
Collection of the Count Alfred-Émilien de Nieuwerkerke (b. 1811, d. 1892): acquired from him by Sir Richard Wallace in August 1871.

Bibliography
J. von Schlosser, 'Elfenbeinsättel des ausgehenden Mittelalters', in Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses, 15 (1894), pp. 260-294, no. 4. Fully accessible online as part of the Heidelberger historische Bestände:
J. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues. European Arms and Armour, II, Arms (London, 1962), p. 226, pl. 95.
K. Watts, 'Une selle médiévale d'Europe Centrale au Royal Armouries', in Armes et cultures de guerre en Europe centrale (XVe siècle - XIXe siècle), Les Cahiers d'études et de recherches du musée de l'Armée 6 (2005-2006), pp. 49-66 (p. 59 n. 12).
M. Verő, 'Bemerkungen zu den beinsätteln aus der Sigismundzeit', in Sigismundus rex et imperator: Kunst und Kultur zur Zeit Sigismunds von Luxemburg 1387-1437, exhibition catalogue, Budapest and Luxemburg, 2006, pp. 270-278 (p. 278, no. 15).
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/jbksak1894/0318 [accessed 24/07/2013].


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