Maximilian Breastplate with Tassets

Culture Southern German

Date1500–1525

Mediumsteel

DimensionsMeasurements with tassets: 83 × 45 × 17 cm (32 11/16 × 17 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.), 7 lb, 14 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsWhite-painted "H" inside chest.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.1159.2

DescriptionChestplate, gussets with buckles for shoulderstraps; waistplate; fauld of 3 lames; tassets of 4 lames; restored rest. Plates connected by rivets and leathers. Gussets associated or restored; tassets associated; leftmost fluting erased from fauld lames, but not on tassets. Heavy inward turn at neck. One pair lacing holes just below. Waistline trimmed at sides.
ProvenanceEdmund C. Converse collection purchased by John W. Higgins on November 26, 1927 from American Art Association (NY), lot no. 292. Given to the Museum on March 21, 1928. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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