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Field Armor

ca. 1525; left arm defense, 19th century; rondels, 1923
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 371
This fluted armor is typical of the battle dress of the knightly cavalry of southern Germany and Austria in the 1520s. It is composed of elements from at least three different but very similar armors, all made in Nuremberg when fluted armor was at its peak of fashion. The armor is stamped on the pauldrons (shoulder defenses) with the mark of the city of Nuremberg, on the helmet with the letter N in a pearly circle, on the cuisses (thigh defenses) with a Gothic N, and on the right gauntlet with an indistinct maker's mark. The left arm defense is a nineteenth-century restoration.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Field Armor
  • Date: ca. 1525; left arm defense, 19th century; rondels, 1923
  • Geography: Nuremberg
  • Culture: German, Nuremberg
  • Medium: Steel, leather
  • Dimensions: H. 67 in. (170.2 cm); Wt. 49 lb. (22.23 kg); Wt. of helmet 7 lb. 4 oz. (3289 g)
  • Classification: Armor for Man
  • Credit Line: Armor: Rogers Fund, 1904; mail brayette: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
  • Object Number: 04.3.289; 14.25.1559
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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Field Armor, Steel, leather, German, Nuremberg
Field Armor
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Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg, Pen and ink, watercolor, gold and silver washes; paper bound in gold-tooled leather, German, Nuremberg
Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
German, Nuremberg
late 16th–mid-17th century
Elements of an Italian Light-Cavalry Armor <i>alla Tedesca</i> (in the German Fashion), Steel, gold, copper alloy, leather, Italian, Milan
Elements of an Italian Light-Cavalry Armor alla Tedesca (in the German Fashion)
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ca. 1510
Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat, Richard Holden British, Steel, gold, leather, textile, British, London; buff coat, European
Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat
Armorer Armor attributed to Richard Holden
Armorer Helmet cheek pieces and metal plates on shoulder straps made by Daniel Tachaux
ca. 1683 and later; buff coat, 17th–18th century

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