Pair of Gauntlets

Real Armería, Madrid (by 1594–before 1839); [Ancient Armour and Arms recently received from Spain sale, Christie & Manson, London, January 23–24, 1839, no. 260, sold for £7 to Isaac]; [John Coleman Isaac, London, from 1839]; [Samuel Pratt, London, until 1841, Oxenham’s April, 29–May 1, 1841, no. 444]; Ralph Bernal, London (until d. 1854; his estate sale, The Celebrated Collection of Works of Art…of that distinguished collector, Ralph Bernal, Esq, March 5–April 30, 1855, no. 2247, for £29, to Londesborough); Albert Denison, 1st Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (1855–d. 1860; by descent to his son); William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (1860–88; Armour and Arms…of the Right Hon. Earl of Londesborough, Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–9, 1888, to Dino); Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (1888–1904; sold to MMA).

London. South Kensington Museum. "Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Medieval, Renaissance and More Recent Periods," June, 1862, no. 4625 (lent by Londesborough).

London. Alexandra Palace. "Londesborough Collection of Arms and Armour," 1875, no. 814.

Christie's, London. A Catalogue of ... Ancient Armour and Arms: Recently Received from Spain ... Slabs of Florentine Mosaic Tapestry ... Saxon Porcelain and a Few Pictures. London: Christie's, London, January 23–24, 1839. p. 17, no. 260.

Christie, Manson & Woods. Illustrated Catalogue of the Distinguished Collection of Works of Art and Vertu from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, Collected by the late Ralph Bernal, Esq.. London: Christie's, London, March 5–April 30, 1855. p. 196, no. 2247.

Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. p. 41, no. C. 7.

Grancsay, Stephen V. "Lucio Piccinino: Master Armorer of the Renaissance." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin pp. 270–271, figs. 17–18.

Alcon, Maria Teresa Ruiz. "Armaduras Infantiles en el Palacio de Oriente." Reales Sitios (1966), p. 48.

Grancsay, Stephen V., and Stuart W. Pyhrr. Arms & Armor: Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920–1964. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. pp. 519–536; fig. 115.19.20.

Grancsay, Stephen V., and Stuart W. Pyhrr. Arms & Armor: Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920–1964. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. p. 536, figs. 115.19–.20.

Christie, Manson & Woods. Collection of Armour and Arms, Carvings in Ivory. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–6 and July 9–11, 1888. p. 27, no. 297.