Breastplate for Use on Foot in the Field

Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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Breastplate for Use on Foot in the Field

1508

Artist/maker unknown, German

This infantry breastplate belongs to a set of four thousand ordered in 1508 from the city of Nuremberg by Maximilian I (ruled as Holy Roman Emperor 1493 to 1519). It is one of only two known examples that are stamped with the control marks from both Nuremberg and Augsburg, which indicate that the Nuremberg breastplates shipped to Maximilian were inspected at Augsburg to ensure their quality.

Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

Object Details

Title:

Breastplate for Use on Foot in the Field

Date:

1508

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, German

Medium:

Steel; leather

Dimensions:

18 1/8 x 14 15/16 x 5 3/4 inches, 4.4 lb. (46 x 37.9 x 14.6 cm, 2010g)

Classification:

Arms and Armor

Credit Line:

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Accession Number:

1977-167-137

Geography:

Made in Nuremberg, Germany, Europe

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Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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