Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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In the court of Saxony, influential women sometimes commissioned armor for use by men. This armor belonged to a set of seven similar armors presented in 1612 by Magdalena Sibylla (1587-1659), margravine of Brandenburg, as a Christmas gift to her husband, Prince Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony (ruled 1611 to 1656).
The set, intended for the personal use of the elector and his guests during tournaments contested on foot, was worn on July 4, 1613, to celebrate the baptism of the electoral heir, Johann Georg (1613-1680, ruled 1656 to 1680). The other six suits of armor, including the elector's own, are preserved in the Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany.
Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
Titles: | Cuirassier Armor |
Date: | 1612 |
Artists: | Artist/maker unknown, Northern Italian or French Commissioned by Magdalena Sibylla of Brandenburg for her husband (1587–1659) |
Medium: | Iron alloy (steel), etched and partially blackened; leather |
Dimensions: | Weight: 63 lb. (28.58 kg) Height (top edge of comb to bottom edge of tassets): 40 11/16 inches (103.4 cm) Other (girth at waist :exterior...about): 38 9/16 inches (98 cm) Width (across midpoints of shoulders): 24 inches, 2 feet (61 x 61 cm) Width (across outer midpoint of couter: arms relaxed & don't touch cuir): 31 7/8 inches (81 cm) Length (down center of tasset, from waist to midpoint of poleyn): 24 3/16 inches (61.5 cm) Depth (helmet, from brim across to level of rear neck plate): 14 9/16 inches (37 cm) Width (backplate across the waist ... about): 12 13/16 inches (32.5 cm) |
Classification: | Arms and Armor |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
Accession Number: | 1977-167-36a--q |
Geography: | Made in Italy, Europe or made in France, Europe |
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Gallery 347, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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