Composite Three-Quarter Armor for a Cuirassier
Culture
Southern German
Date1600–1635
Mediumblackened and polished steel and brass with modern leather and paint
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1171
DescriptionGerman, but in the "Hungarian" fashion. For a cuirassier, but composite and reworked into a black and white armor. Of different styles, but partly in the "Hungarian" and "Netherlandish" fashion.ProvenancePurchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Northern German
1540–1560
