Cuirass and Pauldrons
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Artwork Details
- Title: Cuirass and Pauldrons
- Armorer: Lorenz Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, ca. 1445–1516)
- Date: ca. 1480–90
- Geography: Augsburg
- Culture: South German, Augsburg
- Medium: Steel, leather
- Dimensions: Wt. 18 lb. (8164.7 g); breastplate: 21 1/4 x 14 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (54 x 37.5 x 18.7 cm); Wt. 8 lb. 8 oz. (3855.5 g); backplate: 20 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (52.7 x 36.8 x 19.4 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 8 oz. (2494.8 g); right pauldron: 8 1/2 x 12 x 11 1/4 in. (21.6 x 30.5 x 28.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10 oz. (737.1 g); left pauldron: 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (24.1 x 29.8 x 29.2 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 3 oz. (992.2 g)
- Classification: Armor Parts
- Credit Line: Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor