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Parade Saddle

1400–1450
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 373
The German inscriptions are a romantic dialogue and translate in part, "I hope for dear summertime; wait––be willing [in favor of] me; smile, love, smile." The lady holds a falcon, symbol of Minne (courtly love), because it was believed to return to its master by affection and not by force. In the nineteenth century, this saddle was part of the collection of Tratzberg Castle in the Austrian Tyrol.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Parade Saddle
  • Date: 1400–1450
  • Culture: German or Tyrolean
  • Medium: Bone, polychromy, wood, birch bark
  • Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.3 cm); L. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm); W. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
  • Classification: Equestrian Equipment-Saddles
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1904
  • Object Number: 04.3.249
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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