Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Field Armor

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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Field Armor

Made in Milan, Italy, Europe

c. 1555

Artist/maker unknown, Northern Italian. Probably wrought for Sir William Herbert, First Earl of Pembroke, 1501 - 1570.

Etched and partially gilded steel; brass and leather replaced
Height (from the comb, down the center front to the crotch): 35 1/16 inches (89 cm) Width (at shoulders, from the mid-point of one shoulder to the other): 20 7/8 inches (53 cm) Waist (external girth): 39 3/8 inches (100 cm) Depth (approximate): 15 3/4 inches (40 cm) Weight: 33.2 lb. (15.05 kg)

* Gallery 246, Arms and Armor, second floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

1977-167-12a--i

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Label

This Milanese armor is from the armory of the Earls of Pembroke and was probably wrought for Sir William Herbert, First Earl of Pembroke (1501-1570).

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