Portions of a Boy's Costume Armor
This left shoulder and left thigh are from an armor ordered in 1532 by Archduke Ferdinand (later Emperor Ferdinand I) for his five-year-old nephew, the future Philip II of Spain (reigned 1556–98).
Artwork Details
- Title: Portions of a Boy's Costume Armor
- Armorer: Hans Seusenhofer (Austrian, Innsbruck, 1470–1555)
- Date: 1532
- Geography: Tyrol
- Culture: Austrian, Innsbruck
- Medium: Steel, copper alloy, gold
- Classification: Armor Parts
- Credit Line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
- Object Number: 29.158.121, .304
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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