Antike Waffen und Ruestungen

A hammered and gold damascened saddle fitting, attributed to Eliseus Libaerts, Antwerp, circa 1560/70 The armour for the front of the saddle finely worked in hammered sheet iron. The front with lavish, partially gilt relief decoration, interspersed with fine tendril ornaments inlaid in gold. A large cartouche featuring an angel with two trumpets, surrounded by trophies, with interlaced strapwork and scrollwork frames on the top. A cartouche with female figures on each side, one shown with a lion, the other with a serpent. A continuous, prominent flange with etched and gilt arabesques along the upper edge. Mounted on an old panel covered in red velvet. Dimen- sions 44 x 57 cm. Eliseus Libaerts is documented as a goldsmith and armourer in Ant- werp and Paris between 1557 and 1569. He produced ceremonial armour for numerous crowned heads of Europe, including a set of armour for a horseman and his steed for Christian II of Saxony, which still forms part of the collection in Dresden. On the work of Eliseus Libaert: “Sous l’égide de Mars, armures des princes d’Europe”, the exhibition catalogue of the Musée de l’Armée in Paris, 2011. 285925 II € 7.500 1153 | 121