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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 30 (1995)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 30

"An English Armor for the King of Portugal"

LaRocca, Donald J.

1995

16 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Donald La Rocca

Donald J. La Rocca is a curator in the Department of Arms and Armor.

Met Art in Publication

Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706), Richard Holden British, Steel, gold, leather, textile, British, London — Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706)
Richard Holden
ca. 1683 and later

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47), Hans Holbein the Younger German, Steel, gold, leather, copper alloys, British, Greenwich — Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)
Hans Holbein the Younger
dated 1527

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