The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Breastplate, from an armor of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

Breastplate, from an armor of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

Date:: ca. 1570
Culture:: Italian (Milan)
Medium:: Steel, gold
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 13 9/16 in. (43.8 x 34.5 cm); weight 6 lb. 14 oz. (3113 g)
Classification:: Armor Parts
Credit Line:: Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2008
Accession Number:: 2008.638.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 371

Provenance

Dr. William Meyrick, London; Henry Arthur Brassey, Esq., M.P. of Preston Hall, Kent (who purchased Meyrick's collection from his heirs c. 1880); Leonard Brassey (the latter's son), Apethorpe Hall, Peterborough; Brassey sale, Christie's, London, Feb. 21, 1922, lot 73, illustrated; acquired by B. Dean for William R. Hearst; anoymous sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, NY, Nov. 25, 1953, lot 49; Stephen V. Grancsay, until c. 1969, when sold to Dr. Jerome Zwanger
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What
Metal (59,548)

Costume (42,521)

Gold (12,589)

Iron and iron alloy (6,911)

Iron alloy (3,359)

Steel (3,095)

Armor (2,073)

Body armor (1,051)

Breastplates (77)
Where
Europe (146,011)

Italy (24,701)

Lombardy (301)

Milan (215)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,173)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,064)
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Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.