Composite "Maximilian" Field Armor
Culture
Southern German
, Augsburg
Date1505–1525 with modern restorations
Mediumsteel and iron with modern leathers and restorations
Dimensions41 lb, 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsThe skull of the helmet bears the incised letters "GP", indicating its former use in the "gioco del ponte" of Pisa (to 1807).
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1174
ProvenanceClarence H. Mackay (d. 1939). Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay, dealer's no. A-30/112.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Southern German
about 1525–1530, with decoration about 1805; greaves and sabatons c. 1930
Southern German
about 1580, with modern restorations
Northern German
1540–1560
