Half Armor

Gallery 349, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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Half Armor

c. 1618-20

Attributed to the armorer Master of the Castle Mark (Italian (active Milan), active c. 1590–1620)

This armor is decorated with an etched pattern that distinguishes it as part of a small group of important armors made in Milan around the turn of the seventeenth century for powerful noblemen in Italy and Spain. The only example from the group to include an etched inscription and coat of arms, this armor was intended for a member of the noble Venetian family da Ponte, presumably one who held a military appointment in Crema, a town in Lombardy then under the domination of the Republic of Venice.

Gallery 349, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

Object Details

Title:

Half Armor
For use on foot in the field

Date:

c. 1618-20

Artist:

Attributed to the armorer Master of the Castle Mark (Italian (active Milan), active c. 1590–1620)

Medium:

Iron alloy (steel), etched, blackened (now oxidized to a dark russet color), and partially gilded; copper alloy (brass); leather; textile (silk), edged with gold thread

Dimensions:

Width (Across the mid-points of the shoulders): 19 1/2 inches (49.5 cm) Waist: 35 13/16 inches (91 cm) Height (From the top edge of the gorget down the center of the backplate): 18 11/16 inches (47.5 cm) Height (From the top edge of the gorget down the center of the breastpla): 14 9/16 inches (37 cm) Weight: 22.7 lb. (10300g)

Classification:

Arms and Armor

Credit Line:

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Accession Number:

1977-167-34a--l

Geography:

Made in Milan, Italy, Europe

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Gallery 349, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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