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Portions of a Parade Armor

Portions of a Parade Armor. Culture: Italian, Milan. Dimensions: Wt. 19 lb. 6 oz. (8800 g). Date: ca. 1575. When complete, this horseman's armor would have included defenses for the arms and legs and perhaps a matching shaffron (horse's head defense) and saddle. The high-relief ornament, originally decorated with gold and silver, includes a scene of the Judgment of Paris at the top of the breastplate. Discovered in 1912 in the parish church at Aya, near San Sebastian in northern Spain, this important harness was restored in 1914 by the Metropolitan Museum's armorers, who expertly replaced the missing lower half of the visor and the collar of the helmet and most of the tassets (defenses for the upper thighs).
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Title:
Portions of a Parade Armor
Caption:
Portions of a Parade Armor. Culture: Italian, Milan. Dimensions: Wt. 19 lb. 6 oz. (8800 g). Date: ca. 1575. When complete, this horseman's armor would have included defenses for the arms and legs and perhaps a matching shaffron (horse's head defense) and saddle. The high-relief ornament, originally decorated with gold and silver, includes a scene of the Judgment of Paris at the top of the breastplate. Discovered in 1912 in the parish church at Aya, near San Sebastian in northern Spain, this important harness was restored in 1914 by the Metropolitan Museum's armorers, who expertly replaced the missing lower half of the visor and the collar of the helmet and most of the tassets (defenses for the upper thighs).
Technique/material:
Steel, gold, silver, textile
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3179 x 4094 px | 37.2 MB
Print size:
26.9 x 34.7 cm | 10.6 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ARMOR FOR MAN • ARMOR • ARMORS • ARMS AND ARMOR • COSTUME • EUROPE • GOLD • IRON ALLOY • IRON AND IRON ALLOY • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • ITALY • LOMBARDY • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • MILAN • PARADE ARMORS • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • STEEL, GOLD, SILVER, TEXTILE • TEXTILES