To capture their nobility and wealth for posterity, if not eternity, wealthy men of the Baroque were often painted with their falcons, precious creatures that symbolized their owner’s sovereignty and liberty, power and wisdom. These men were also painted wearing their armor, costly hand-crafted suits of steel that reflected the fashions of the day and became totems of the family history. At the Detroit Institute of Arts, for the first time in over two centuries, a splendid 1626 oil portrait of Jean de Croÿ, 2nd Count of Solre and Baron of Molembaix, painted by Juan van der Hamen y Léon, has been reunited with pieces of the gilded parade armor, forged in Brussels and made for ceremony rather than battle, that he wears in the portrait. This is a concentrated show, supported by Baroque paintings and objects from the museum’s collection. De Croÿ, we learn, was a member of the knightly Order of the Golden Fleece, a Catholic order of chivalry founded “Not for amusement nor for recreation, / But for the purpose that praise shall be given / To God.” —Laura Jacobs