Gallery 371 - European Armor for Field and Tournament

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Arms and Armor Gallery 371

Arms and Armor Gallery 371

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)
Design of the decoration attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Date: dated 1527
Accession Number: 19.131.1a–r, t–w, .2a–c; 27.183.16
Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat
Armor attributed to Richard Holden (British, London, recorded 1658–1708)
Date: ca. 1683
Accession Number: 15.113.1–.5; 29.158.885
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I
Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)
Date: dated 1549
Accession Number: 33.164a–x
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406
Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)
Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336
Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland
Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at the royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608)
Date: 1586
Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y
Foot-Combat Helm of Sir Giles Capel (1485–1556)
Date: ca. 1510
Accession Number: 04.3.274

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The gallery features a group of elaborately decorated Greenwich armors, from the English Royal workshops founded by King Henry VIII, and one of Henry's personal armors, made in Italy and worn by the king in his last campaign against the French at Calais in 1544.

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