Elements from a Garniture Made for Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591)

Anton Peffenhauser, 1582

Artist

Anton Peffenhauser (German, Augsburg, 1525–1603)

Date

1582

Culture or place

German, Augsburg

Medium

Steel, gold, leather, brass

Size

breastplate (a): 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (49.6 x 39 cm); backplate (b): 17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in. (44.5 x 36 cm); right cuisse (c): 16 x 7 3/8 in. (40.6 x 18.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 6 oz. (1088 g); left cuisse (d): 16 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (41.9 x 19 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 7 oz. (1098 g)

Type

Armor for Man

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed